Something to celebrate: Proposition C passed by over 80%! That means $149 million approved for investment in our parks and pools. Read more here.
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TAKE ACTION
Attend Parks and Recreation Board meetings
Volunteer with Austin Parks Foundation
Learn about efforts to protect Austin’s pools through Love Austin Pools, a grass-roots, all-volunteer organization founded to protect, preserve, and treasure Austin’s community, municipal, and free neighborhood pools.
For other ways to get involved with Forklift Danceworks, go to our main website at www.forkliftdanceworks.org.
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LEARN ABOUT POOLS POLICY
Find out about funding recommendations for pools infrastructure and improvements from the Reinvestment in Facilities & Assets Working Group and the Aquatic Master Plan Task Force.
Check out Austin’s first ever Master Plan for the City of Austin Aquatics Division, which details the five year process of assessing and planning for the future of the City’s aquatic facilities.
News and Media:
Austin’s Pool System Will Collapse If We Don’t Save It – Nina Hernandez, The Austin Chronicle
With Aquatic Plan Approved, Austin Staff To Look For Pool Funding – Elizabeth Findell, The Austin-American Statesman
Austin City Council Approves Aquatic Master Plan – Molly Oak, KVUE
Why Does Fort Worth Have So Few Public Pools? – Christopher Connelly, KERA
