There is a great deal of fund raising, (just Google YMCA Aquatic and Family Center orlando florida) to support this outstanding facility. Probably not a good comparison to an indoor pool at TV.

I did a little research on this option. The sports pools in TV are considered "Junior Olympic" and the dimension is 73' x 75'. The AquaShield comes in different sizes with 32' being the largest width.

You purposely miss the point. All the pools at this complex IN FLORIDA (where other posters said indoor pools are unnecessary) are indoors, and the water temperatures are warm because it gets cold outside in the winter. They're also inside due to blazing sun and inability to use them during varying weather conditions outdoors.

If there were a YMCA or like facility nearby...not necessarily in TV....I would join in a heartbeat. But there's not one anywhere nearby, much less one that has an indoor pool.

Indoor pool
 

A great idea-thanks for the suggestion.

One of the reasons cited for not having an indoor pool when the Wellness Center relocated was the high cost of maintenance.

Secondly just where would you locate this pool? The prime users of the indoor pool at the wellness center were people in need of therapy, etc.

Clearly other residents, without such needs, would be interested in an indoor pool. Would families be included in the use of indoor pools? If so then would we need one indoor pool, two indoor pools, perhaps three or more?

Third, would the amenities fee pay for these pools or should there be a separate charge. Many residents do not use the facilities we have now.

The only facility many use here are the golf courses wherein they pay for champsionship along with perhaps priority. As for executive course they also pay trail fees. To suggest that The Villages invest in indoor pools that most won't use seems to me counter-intuitive

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A separate charge was offered before and there were not enough people interested to support the existing indoor pool.

Boogie shooter: Thank you for that information

Not purposely.

How were people asked whether they would support (monetarily) the existing indoor pool?

I remember that closure of the existing wellness center pool was mentioned in a couple of Daily Sun articles, but that is not a formalized survey in which all TV residents were asked the specific question of whether they would be willing to pay a fee to use that indoor pool or a new one elsewhere in TV.

And as for "high costs of maintaining" the existing indoor pool at the wellness center before it moved........it was probably old with old pumps, heaters, or old chemical injection systems, and like most older pools, it's not worth spending major bucks to upgrade old equipment when it's better to replace it or build a new pool with newer technology.

I think we all know how easily "surveys" get skewed when only a select few people are asked to participate. Mentioning an issue in the Daily Sun while half the population is up north from April to December and they cannot access the full paper online would be a very faulty way of "surveying" whether they are for or against this issue.

Sounds like the perfect time to build indoor pools in The Villages with all that new construction going on.

There already is a beautiful indoor pool but it is not being used at all. It's at the Lake Centre for Rehabilitation near the new Morse Cancer Center.

I think they could offer classes with a teacher for a fee and when the classes fill up, then no more students would be accepted. Very much like the Villages College.

Connie

AND it needs access for the disabled! (that's my cause and I'm stickin' to it!)

There's no harm in asking for it but I don't think it will do any good. We did have an indoor pool at The Wellness Center a few years ago. I belonged to The Wellness Center and swam in their pool but it's no longer available.

For Swimdawg & Everyone Else
 

who would like an indoor pool facility, are you familiar with what Leesburg has to offer?

Pool Information | Wellness Services | Leesburg Regional Medical Center | Florida

Yes. I'm familiar. It took 25 minutes to get there, lap swim time is seriously limited by classes, etc., pool is too short and narrow for laps, and the pool and heater were probably acceptable in the 1960's. There's no way to describe it politely.