The community is a major step closer to developing a sustainable Patagonia Pool. The Pool Assessment prepared for the Friends of the Patagonia Pool (FOPP) is essentially complete and shows that the pool, while over 30 years old, is in good shape and could easily provide at least another decade of recreation, water safety training, […]
Karen Riggs
Posted inCommunity
Pool Progress Update
A physical pool inspection and a virtual stakeholders’ meeting took place in Patagonia on Dec. 8, 2020. Friends of Patagonia Pool (FOPP) have contracted with Counsilman-Hunsaker Aquatics to physically assess the Patagonia Pool, review available records, take stakeholder/community input and produce an assessment report. It will be used to help determine the sustainability of the […]
Posted inLocal News
Town Pool Plans Moving Forward
Patagonia Public School Swimming Pool. (Contributed Photo) The Patagonia District School Boards voted to extend the existing IGA between the school districts and the Town through Feb. 2021, with the caveat that if the cost assessment to get the pool up and running came in prior to that, and was bad news, they could meet […]
Posted inOpinion
The Pool — If You Love Her, the Time Is Now
The current ongoing discussions of the future of the Patagonia Pool began in the fall of 2019. At the Patagonia High School and Elementary School Board meetings an administrator recommended permanently closing the pool. The reaction was immediate. Both school boards and community members commented on the role of the pool as an important community […]