My wife and I are thinking of retiring to the villages and I find the lack of an indoor pool and shower facility a real negative

What percentage want an indoor pool?. Please guess.
 

Alright now. I have to say this and I am probably wrong. I find that most of the folks I have encountered in the pools are "waders". I am not seeing many strong crawls being practiced when I go take my dip.

There are a LOT of folks using the pools during "the season", so it is hard to have uninterrupted swimming going on at that time

Mostly the folks at my pool get in and don't get their hair wet.

I am very sorry that not having an indoor lap pool is a deterrent for anyone to come here. There are OH so many things to make up for the lack of that in my mind.

I don't really, really, really think that more than say...five percent of residents or potential residents want or need an indoor lap pool.

But like Russ says, That is my opinion. I might be wrong.

What about a wave pool?
 

Gracie,
I agree with you about the neighborhood pools. I have, however, seen laps being swum at the sports pool, i.e. Seabrook pool. I would like to see a wave pool where one could walk with or against the current. :thumbup : They have a pool like this in a rec center right between where Gracie and I live/d in Ohio. Many people used it especially the older residents who might fall walking outdoors. The possibility that we might all need this someday is real.
Maybe they could cover just the sports pools, or rhe regional rec center pools.

I agree - the neighborhood pools don't see much swimming, but the sports pools definitely do. And there have been many complaints previously about the lack of an indoor pool. If you recall the cold weather we had last winter, to have to go a couple of months without being able to do your workout in a pool, is a real drag. I'm not much of a swimmer, but I agree we need an indoor pool, or at least something under cover, where the water will be warm, and people will be in the shade if they so desire.

We visited TV last February. Using a pool is my main form of exercise, and while an indoor pool would be nice during the winter months what really surprised me was not having a few pools with sun shading. With so much skin cancer, it would be nice to have the choice of going to a pool that was completely shaded.

Would it keep me from moving to TV? No, probably not; but it is something I would like to see available.

I have a friend who was thinking of moving here full time, but has been put off by the lack of an indoor pool. They're looking seriously at Del Webb.

Thank you for acknowledging what is a legitimate concern despite what some naysayers here say.

Another way that many communities have an indoor pool is at its public school campus. What about an indoor pool facility at the beautiful Villages Charter Schools?

It could be used to teach all students to swim in P.E. classes; house the high school swim team; and house the Villages Adult Swim Team. I saw the H.S. swim team practicing at Laurel Manor and they are magnificent.

Make friends with someone from Stonecrest and use their indoor pool. It's only fair since Stonecrest folks are always using TV amenities.


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Indoor Pools
 

Does anyone know what happened to the beautiful indoor pool at the former Wellness Center adjacent to the hospital?

The new indoor lap pool could be located next door to the ice skating rink that TV should build.

I'm sure a lot of Canadians are avoiding TV because of this glaring oversight.

Very funny Walt:jester:

Question: How big would an indoor lap pool (that was available free of charge) have to be to support 100K population. And if you think that enough people would pay a monthly fee for it then why hasn't some enterprising entrepreneur (and there are hundreds of them who live in TV) built it? I don't expect the developer to provide this since my guess is that it wouldn't be fully utilized in the majority of months where the temp is high enough to be outside.

Russ -
Many people avoid the outside pools in the hot summer months because there is very little shade
to escape the sun that can be harmful to some, i.e., melonomia
I for one would be in an indoor pool most of the summer and I feel certain others would be also.

P.S. Does anyone know what happened to the beautiful indoor pool at the former Wellness Center adjacent to the hospital?
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That would be good except the Villages Charter schools use OUR sports pools for training.

Then my point is even more relevant. If that many people would use it: How many free ones would we need to build to support 100K people and/or why hasn't a private business built one or more if it were in such demand that people would pay an additional fee.

TV has many things but it can't have everything.

I have been looking for an indoor pool also. I thought I was the only one that need this.