https://thurstonchronicle.com/stories/lacey-pools-to-try-to-accommodate-regional-aquatic-needs-after-evergreen-state-college-pool,402360?fbclid=IwY2xjawRy4-NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe5fNiTLFaTRMajnoVdfW6AduM_jHe7U7YlLfFPG13tWBcP0a__pZSf5Eep0o_aem_AegnGMH1oYKyQ7MAy9Ltzg

This article lays bare just how bad closing the Evergreen pool will be.

What it doesn't mention, that needs to be emphasized, is that closing the Evergreen pool will also shorten the lives of these other pools as well.

More users means more chlorine, and more damage to the facility. More damage means more more downtime for maintenance, and more costs to do repairs. And, eventually, it means the closures of more pools.

We are now dealing with the result of more than a generation of reduced pool availability. The Briggs YMCA is massively overutilized and shows serious signs of degradation and aging beyond what you would expect from a normal facility.

Closing Evergreen just moves the damage elsewhere, and reduces swim lessons in a community that desperately needs more, not less.