The Editor,
Re: Remove the outdoor pool at Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park? That’s one of the suggested 'big ideas' for the park’s future (July 14, 2023)
Keep the pool at Rocky Point Park and bring back a small wading pool for toddlers and make a beach area.
With our climate change and hot spells we are experiencing, people want to keep cool and keep their children cool.
Spray parks just don't cut it, unless you don't mind getting sprayed.
Fewer kids know how to swim, and it's hard to get them into swim lessons as well.
My kids grew up learning to get accustomed to water at the Blue Mountain wading pool (which may also be closed down) and taking their swimming lessons at Glen pool (which actually closed).
We looked forward to having their lessons outdoors and then spending the rest of the day around the pool and picnicking!
Small children need to get comfortable around the water. If you do away with all the pools, how will they do this?
The indoor pools at public swim times can be crazy.
And our lakes like Buntzen and White Pine are almost impossible to get into.
Please consider more places in Port Moody for people to go for a swim and cool-off again.
- Andrea Mattinson, Port Moody
