[The Village Girl]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Not too long ago when the wellness center closed, there was a request for who would support keeping the pool open. At that time there was a lack of interest in financially supporting an existing indoor pool. What would make that interest be any greater now? Just askin.

Would that be a no from Bogie Shooter?

[Bogie Shooter]

We all knew before we punched our ticket that an indoor pool was not part of The Villages lifestyle.......didn't we?

[The Village Girl]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

We all knew before we punched our ticket that an indoor pool was not part of The Villages lifestyle.......didn't we?

Oh no OLD MAN, We didn't know that. In fact, some of us did sign up for an indoor pool.

http://www.ccfj.net/CDDVillageheatedpool.html

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by The Village Girl

Oh no young man, We didn't know that. In fact, some of us did sign up for an indoor pool.

http://www.ccfj.net/CDDVillageheatedpool.html

How do you know??

[The Village Girl]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

How do you know??

Sorry... I corrected it.

[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Not too long ago when the wellness center closed, there was a request for who would support keeping the pool open. At that time there was a lack of interest in financially supporting an existing indoor pool. What would make that interest be any greater now? Just askin.

"Lack of interest" depends largely on how well and by what medium an issue was presented.

We all know how publicity done effectively or not, and thru wide-coverage media, determines whether a petition lives or dies.

And who owns the "Wellness Center" that moved from the hospital to La Reina and gave up the indoor pool at the hospital? Isn't it MVP? If so, their decision is theirs and The Villages Recreation can take up the matter for building it (or three) for TV.

And if TV built and provided indoor pools, the added operating costs could be offset by the residents who use it, by requiring a fee.....just as we pay greens fees to play golf on the country club courses.

[TomGee]

TV needs an indoor walking track for the same reason

[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

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And if TV built and provided indoor pools, the added operating costs could be offset by the residents who use it, by requiring a fee.....just as we pay greens fees to play golf on the country club courses.

They are if I am not mistaken building a new championship course. They could include an indoor pool with a jogging track around it. Have a pool membership level of joining the club separate from the golf priority one and it would be self sustaining and not as much additional expense as a separate facility. If a cost/benifit anaylisis was done and submitted to the developer (including the enhancement to sales) it would do more for making it happen. Of all the talented peole on this site someone must have the skills to create such a presentation.

Just a thought
Trudy

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by TomGee

TV needs an indoor walking track for the same reason

We could go on and on and someone would have a need that wasn't a majority thing.

I would like tables or places for easels at the art centers that would hold my BIG canvases but I know that it isn't a huge demand.

I feel bad for the swimmers, especially our dear friend Swimdawg.

It gets pricy-er when we expand our want list, unless a pool would be something like a workout room where one must pay a fee.

I personally would love for every villager to have every dream come true and every athletic want and every desire for theatre venues and every single thing that any resident would like to have, here for them.

But I am sayin' this. We do awfully danged well for approximately $140 a month.

And as our Helene often will say... "You can't have everything you want".

[fiddlehead]

The Villages is great and at the top of my short list for the near future … however after talking with some new residents, I find that the health club options are not great … by this I mean that the present facilities are over crowded, No indoor pools, no decent locker rooms, no wet areas(to include hot tub, sauna, steam) …. any talk of a modern health club … as good as a YMCA or LA Fitness, LifeTime Fitness …. ???? I would hate to retire at the largest, healthiest, retirement community in the country without a decent health club??

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by fiddlehead

The Villages is great and at the top of my short list for the near future … however after talking with some new residents, I find that the health club options are not great … by this I mean that the present facilities are over crowded, No indoor pools, no decent locker rooms, no wet areas(to include hot tub, sauna, steam) …. any talk of a modern health club … as good as a YMCA or LA Fitness, LifeTime Fitness …. ???? I would hate to retire at the largest, healthiest, retirement community in the country without a decent health club??

But I am sayin' this. We do awfully danged well for approximately $140 a month.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

The lack of at least one indoor athletic lap pool is an embarrassment and a disgrace to TV.

There are hundreds of people who cannot be in the direct sun because of past or current skin cancer or current pre-cancerous skin lesions.

And before all the non-swimmer "experts" pipe up and say "do it in the early morning or late afternoon", that doesn't always work. There are classes and teams scheduled in the sports pools till 3:00 and it gets dark early and they close the pools at dusk, so in the winter the time frame is extremely short.

I'd like to see some of the "experts" get out of the pool WET when it is 60 degrees outside with a breeze.

I and many others would gladly pay for a membership fee for an indoor lap pool, run by a private enterprise if need be.

The only indoor pool was located at the Wellness Center. However the Developer sold that building and moved the Wellness Center to the Spanish springs Town Center and then sold the Wellness Center to MVP.

There were over 200 people with various disabilities, etc that had used that indoor pool and they were not notified of Developers plans to seel the building. for a period of time it did create quite an emotional response. By the way which could have been avoided with better PR

Given the demographics here TV needs some indoor pools but as it stands now residents will end up paying the bill. As I see it the residents will be divided on their need/use and/or the financial obligation, especially in view of the costly maintenance

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by fiddlehead

The Villages is great and at the top of my short list for the near future … however after talking with some new residents, I find that the health club options are not great … by this I mean that the present facilities are over crowded, No indoor pools, no decent locker rooms, no wet areas(to include hot tub, sauna, steam) …. any talk of a modern health club … as good as a YMCA or LA Fitness, LifeTime Fitness …. ???? I would hate to retire at the largest, healthiest, retirement community in the country without a decent health club??

There are trade-offs. You may have to consider another retirement community.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by The Village Girl

Sorry... I corrected it.

What do you consider old??

[The Village Girl]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

What do you consider old??

Bogie, Make up your mind. Are you a young feller or an old man!