Save Coburg Olympic Pool Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Comments
1	Monica Campo
2	Dr Clare Wright	I swim in Moreland and I vote!
3	Janet Grigg
4	Jane English	I strongly support the re-opening of the Coburg Olympic Pool. At a period of intense development and increasing population in the area, the Olympic pool would assist in meeting the increasing demands on recreational facilities of the area. It's location also lends it's self well to those using either public transport (Murray road buses) or the Merri creek path. This is a great opportunity for the Council to show continued leadership in it's development of a green and healthy community.
5	Deborah Gleeson
6	Megan Svenson	The coburg olympic pool is an important community facility and council should ensure it remains open and accessible to the local community.
7	Natalie Kitzelman	It seems ridiculous to waste a facility that already exists and just needs some repairs. Reopen the Coburg pool and we will use it. So many young families are moving into the area. Do the right thing. Listen to the community please!
8	Annie Muir
9	Anonymous	Pools connect the community, keep people fit, and get people out of the house and away from their air-conditioners on hot days. The benefits of pools cannot be underestimated. Don't close the pool!
10	Emilio Urruchi
11	Bridget Forbes	Please re open the pool - for mine and my kids sake - we are local and love the pool
12	wendy brown
13	Kirsten Blair
14	Michaela Dedek	It is an important community public space - which seem to be diminishing as more estates are built!
15	catherine hall
16	Louise	We all grew up with an Olympic pool in the suburbs or in our country towns, and they are a vital, social force in the community. They also are an obvious fight against child obesity. Please open our pool.
17	karen lokerse	please , re open our local pool!
18	Mark Neighbour	Reopen Coburg Pool!
19	Rob O'Dwyer	This pool can become the centrepiece of the local area, an area now growing again in resident numbers following the development of the Pentridge site, the new developments to occur up Newlands Road and the arrival into the area of many young families. This pool has the potential to save the council significant funding in establishing other new recreational facilities and will provide the people of the Coburg area with the opportunity to improve their health and social interaction in the future. I implore you to thoughtfully consider providign the necessary funding to allow the Coburg Olympic Pool to be re-opened for local people to enjoy.
20	Chris Lockwood	It's a great community asset that shouldn't be allowed to waste away.
21	Jason Wade
22	Anna Davern
23	irina giles
24	irina giles
25	Juliet Cook	At a time when we are trying to build strong communities surely this is an obvious way to assist. The Aussie icon of the swimming pool is just that because people gather there and it breaks down barriers.
26	Melissa Alexander
27	Anonymous
28	Alli Coster	The Pentridge and Kodak developments are bringing more and more people to the area - we need more facilities! RE OPEN THE POOL!
29	Mark O'Grady
30	Elizabeth Macfarlane	Please re-open the Coburg Olympic Pool this summer. You can't swim in a promise!
31	Michelle wade
32	Rory Nation and Katrina Carling	We completely support the community efforts being made to save the Coburg Olympic Pool. Our family have been loyal users of the pool, and believe it to be a huge loss for the people in the adjoining areas. We love the pool's relaxed atmosphere (ie. no blaring areobics classes frenzying our swims) and hope that the council will see reason to reopen the pool as the community so needs this outdoor resource.
33	Robin Parker	Give us back our pool!
34	Bec Smith
35	Kulja Coulston	We need more, not less, recreational space. I am a member at the Coburg Leisure centre, but the pool there is not appropriate for many things, like school sports carnicals, serious lap swimmers or sunny day enjoyment. Please don't rob Coburg residents of this important activity and public space/
36	Anna Bell
37	Anna Bell
38	Jenny Macfarlane	I hope Moreland Council will fund the $355,000 required to repair and restore the Coburg Olympic Pool. It will be much cheaper than building a new centre & the existing facility much better than a new Leisure Centre.
39	Anne Giddens	I always used the COP since moving to the area in 2000 (and prior to that as a child - got my 'Herald' there!). I have been forced to use the Pascoe Vale pool as an alternative but found it was closed on many occasions as its systems could not cope with extra patrons. It does not have the capacity of COP. COP should be re-opened as the facility it was as a minimum; a preferable option would be to capitalise and develop this valuable community asset along the lines of the Fitzroy Pool (ie heated and available for an extended season, a resource for both recreational and 'athlete' type swimmers).
40	Mark Wakeham
41	Peter walsh
42	Alex Bhathal	An important public facility for northern suburbs residents.
43	Sarah Burgan
44	Anonymous	A valuable community amenity.
45	andrew Higgins	you can't swim in a promise !!!
46	Kate Bevan	Please open this pool, it is near family members that I visit in summer and a pool that I hope to take my children to this summer.
47	Anonymous
48	Janine Amoddio	Please, please,please allocate funds to re-open this pool. Our family loves and misses the pool and feel there are already limited recreational facitilities of this type in our area. We need it!
49	michael hager	As a Moreland ratepayer and parent, I find it completely unacceptable that the pool has been left to deteriorate to such a deplorable level. Please reopen the pool this summer. Regards, Michael Hager
50	Jo Thomson	This pool is the only accessible space for many low income residents and with a growing local population the demand can only increase for such a healthy and sociable form of recreation for individuals and families.