Pool Survey Indicates Public Wants More Elaborate Pool
Committee members say they were able to get a sense of the community's opinions on Memorial Park pool renovations.
It's well known the borough's Memorial Park municipal pool is old and in dire need of repair. The pool had some pipe troubles last year, which forced the borough to "scramble" to get them fixed, as Councilman Bruce Harris put it. On Tuesday at Borough Hall, residents were given the opportunity at a public forum to discuss with the borough's Municipal Pool/Memorial Park Advisory Committee a survey sent to community members that asked them how they felt the pool should be repaired. Surveys were sent to every borough household, and 1,021—39 percent—were returned. By releasing the survey, committee members hoped to get a sense of whether the community supported the old pool or a larger version of it. They also wanted to know whether Chatham …
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