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Residents of the City of Pembroke and neighboring communities were shocked to hear their beloved Kinsmen Pool had closed. 

The city announced late Friday night the closure of the pool, citing structural safety concerns, primarily of the building's walls and roof.

The 67-year-old Kinsmen pool and 51-year-old building is described as "at its end of life," according to a recent report to the city. "We were thinking snow, rain, high winds, those sort of things. We'd probably not want to have the pool open or at least not occupied with people in that area," said Tashi Dwivedi with HP Engineering, when addressing Pembroke's council on the state of the Kinsmen pool on December 11, 2023.

"To put a new envelope (shell) on it, and it’s part of our budget package, is somewhere around $1.3 million," said Mayor of Pembroke, Ron Gervais.

We are looking for support from the community to encourage the City of Pembroke to consider three items.

1. Prepare a concrete plan to re-open the pool immediately by remediating the main concern over the pool's exterior structure so that the pool can re-open and make it through spring during peak programming periods.
2. Close the pool temporarily, for July and August, have a contractor at the ready and replace the building structure. The remaining HVAC repairs can take place over the fall. 
3. Create a committee and issue an RFI to build a new recreation complex alongside with neighboring communities as soon as possible.

 Our commitment to the City of Pembroke is that we will advocate to our municipal leaders the importance of the pool to our families and communities and assist in some capacity to the repair of the current pool and creation of a new recreation complex for future generations to enjoy.