tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431544185421633785.post1022994425777376906..comments2012-10-05T16:44:33.589-07:00Comments on Village Green/Town²: Party: FAILJulia A. McCreadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578923889566471799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431544185421633785.post-40045625447846278362011-12-21T23:30:18.735-08:002011-12-21T23:30:18.735-08:00I miss Columbia.....that being said I am still sho...I miss Columbia.....that being said I am still shocked and amazed that closing a neighborhood pool is even an option. Columbia was built and designed to accommodate all your neighbors. With great sadness Columbia is still loosing that idea on a daily basis. Every neighborhood has a pool you can walk to. That is and what was an Important part of meeting and knowing your neighbors. I hear what Jessie is saying but what could they possibly put in it's place that lower income families could afford.Agent Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00243756890321444732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431544185421633785.post-60620431586389403022011-12-17T07:52:51.332-08:002011-12-17T07:52:51.332-08:00Thanks for the the response, Jessie. I enjoyed my...Thanks for the the response, Jessie. I enjoyed my summer at the Talbott Springs Pool with mac as we supported the Columbia Swims program. This very successful program came about, as you know, largely due to grassroots efforts by the Oakland Mills Community. I was amazed that CA was unable to find a way to create a mobile ID card process for those in the community who had no transportation. Even providing a free ride to Headquarters still forces people to come to them. <br /><br />Columbia Swims was a great first step in engagement with under-served populations. Let's build on that by extending into the communities in ever more meaningful ways. I don't see how <br />"re-purposing" a pool is a successful continuation of "Columbia Swims."<br /><br />Although perhaps the AquaPlan really does have the free "Pool Bus" up its sleeve that I have been dreaming of... ;-)Julia A. McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578923889566471799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431544185421633785.post-43658768682916589982011-12-16T21:39:52.469-08:002011-12-16T21:39:52.469-08:00http://www.columbiaassociation.com/aquaticsmasterp...http://www.columbiaassociation.com/aquaticsmasterplan/index.cfm<br /><br />Great points, Julia, and perhaps it is so that you aren't seeing all that is done to reach out to such communities that may be less inclined to use the poos because you're not in them. ;-) In any case, keep writing, for your voice is heard.<br /><br />And do know that "closing a pool" -- were that to be a choice -- doesn't mean it gets boarded up and becomes a dead zone. Quite the opposite: it may well mean that a place gets repurposed into a new type of amenity. Change and growth come in all sorts of ways.Jessie Newburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464441397649143045noreply@blogger.com