“Why doesn’t Brookline have an outdoor community pool?” is frequent topic of conversation in our household as we drive to area beaches or other towns’ pools. We have a community ice rink and a community golf course, both of which serve a subset of the community far smaller than a pool would. We seem able to perpetually fund new K-8 building projects, each serving (on average) ~1% of Brookline’s population (the students in attendance. The pool is a rounding error in any of those projects. A community pool can be enjoyed by people of any age and physical condition, would provide a much needed heat refuge during summer months and would, compared to any of our other parks or facilities, bring together the largest and most varied cross-section of Brookline residents in one place to recreate and build community. It’s ridiculous to me that this is still stuck in “consideration”. Build the pool!
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