Newly formed non-profit tries to reopen Scona Pool after City of Edmonton closed it permanently
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Weeks after the city closed Scona Pool, a newly formed non-profit called The Scona Pool Community Foundation is diving in head first to try and get the pool reopened.
Over the years, people have been fighting to save Scona Pool in the Queen Alexandra neighbourhood.
The City of Edmonton permanently closed the 65-year-old facility due to ongoing costly repairs and systems failures earlier in the month.
But now a newly formed non-profit called The Scona Pool Community Foundation is diving in head first to try and get the pool reopened.
“At this point, what we’ve done is we’re collaborating with the city to investigate the viability and whether it’s possible for them to transfer ownership of the facility to our organization,” Scona Pool Community Foundation director of business development and programing Andrew Burke said.
Burke added the foundation has already submitted its business plan to the city.
The non-profit wants to buy the aging facility, fix it up and keep it operational — but only until the Rollie Miles Recreational Facility opens, a project that currently has no completion timeline.
“We’re in talks with different union groups, with different businesses about getting at-cost or below-cost repairs done and building relationships. We’ve been out canvassing the community we’ve gathered about $10,000 in pledges from individuals,” Burke said.
Community members passionate about the pool say ever since it shut down, many swimmers have been left with nowhere to go.
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