The Pool has been poured - it's finally taking shape!!!!Since welcoming New Baby to our family, life has been extremely busy - but I haven't strayed far from the Aquatic Center project.
Newest news of note: the fundraising campaign for the aquatic centers "inner workings" like bleachers, timing system, starting blocks and such - is well underway, and reportedly about halfway to the $1 million goal!!!
There has been much talk in the Bismarck Tribune and on their blogger websites about the "underhandedness" of the park district in raising funds - such as not releasing information to the public, etc... but if one were to actually go back and search the park district website and such, one would discover that all this "new information" and "additional funds sought" were in the original plan for building the aquatic center. It should be no surprise, for example, that the aquatic community of Bismarck is lobbying for their share of the hospitality tax to help pay for bleachers - perhaps the general public doesn't realize just how many swim meets are held here, and just how much money swimmers/parents spend on hotels and restaurants in Bismarck - the major contributors to the hospitality tax. It should follow, then, that a portion of this tax money should be made available to the Aquatic Center for putting in bleachers - if there are no bleachers, there are no spectators, and NOBODY TO SPEND MONEY IN BISMARCK!!!! Amazing how it all works out....
More to follow...
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