Pop-up pools coming to Vancouver next year

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The Vancouver Park Board is unveiling a new way to keep people cool.

They are called pop-up pools, although they’ll pretty much stay in the same place says board chair Sarah Kirby-Young. “Pop-up pools are a more affordable alternative to traditional inground outdoor pools. They typically can be relocated which is one of the benefits and they typically are done at a lower cost.”

The board hasn’t decided where the first pool will go or if there will eventually be more than one but that’s certainly a possibility.

Kirby-Young says it will be in an area that isn’t served by a pool right now. “In the fall our staff will come back with a recommendation for a location. What we do know is that south Vancouver and east Vancouver are the most under-served in the city for outdoor pools.”

She adds it’s part of a greater push to re-invigorate the city’s aquatic infrastructure. “We are also looking at a long-term aquatic strategy, so we want to look at innovative strategies natural outdoor swimming pools as well.”

The Park Board says the city has three outdoor pools right and many of the city’s indoor pools haven’t been renovated in decades.

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