Pool history

"A pool" in the Parry Sound area has been talked about for literally, decades. 

2008

• Parry Sound Area Cultural and Recreational Master Plan
• Read a Recreational Pool/Wellness Complex Update

2010

• In 2010, when the YMCA purchased the Optimist Centre, a pool committee worked to develop a recreational wellness/pool complex. It stalled, because reports showed that there would be an additional $13 charged to taxpayers, and the municipalities would not agree on a funding formula.
• Read the 2010 Parry Sound YMCA final Report
• Read the 2010 West Parry Sound Recreation/Wellness Complex Committee presentation

2015

• After the new K12 school was announced, several municipalities passed resolutions asking the Near North School Board to consider space for a pool in their planning. You can read the resolutions here
• The Town of Parry Sound invited surrounding municipalities to a meeting, to reestablish a West Parry Sound Recreation Centre Advisory Committee. Here is the letter that was sent. Only two of the seven municipalities responded.