The below listed residents of Peekskill seek to increase opportunities for all community members to utilize Veterans Memorial Pool. We believe that the current schedule and configuration of the Olympic size pool provides no opportunity for proper and safe lap swimming while the pool often sits largely empty during certain hours. By taking a few simple and cost-neutral measures, the Department of Parks and Recreation could provide valuable exercise opportunities for Peekskill residents, maintain pool access for all other recreational uses and cultivate a community of enthusiastic “pool supporters” to aid in the preservation of Veterans Memorial Pool.
Our proposal is to simply adopt some form of combined full-length lap swimming and recreational usage of the pool. This is how most public pools, and certainly all which are 25 meters or greater in length, are utilized. Three possible options are as follows:
- During times when the pool is not being fully used for youth instructional programs, two full-length lap lanes could be installed on one side of the pool. The remaining “open pool space” would be more than sufficient for even the highest level of recreational usage experienced at Veterans Memorial Pool.
- During select times, 3 lap lanes could be installed as in scenario 1. This could occur during “off peak hours.”
- During “off peak” times, one hour could be set aside for full length lap swimming, using the entire pool. For example, the pool could be dedicated to full-length lap swimming from 6pm-7pm on Monday through Friday.
As is widely being done elsewhere, these scenarios could be adapted to COVID-19 protocols in order to ensure proper distancing by limiting each lane to one swimmer for a 30-minute period.
We look forward to finding a way to make this work and sincerely hope that within the Department of Parks and Recreation there can be openness to reasonable discussion and accommodation.To discuss this matter, please contact Robert McCreanor at 347 724 4338 and/or Suzie Malone at 845 667 2635. Thank you.
Updates
May 3, 2021
I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE STORIES YOU HAVE ALL SHARED IN THE COMMENTS!! IT IS BEYOND CLEAR THAT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS READY FOR BETTER ACCESS TO THESE LANES AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING UNTIL THE POOL IS OPEN FOR EVERYONE!!
May 3, 2021
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY UNREAL!! THE ENERGY BEHIND OPENING UP OUR POOL FOR LAP SWIMMING IS CARRYING US FORWARD AND PROVES THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS BETTER ACCESS RIGHT NOW!!
14 Comments
It's time to open up the pool the numbers are down people are getting vaccinated, last year was the worst but this year we have to get back to a normal life
That would be so nice. I do want the kids to still get the most time in the pool.
Living here for 10 years and have always wished I could get a real workout in at the pool instead of just splashing around with the crowds. Hope they listen to us.
There is a precedent for time set aside for lap swim use of the pool. When I moved to Peekskill in 1999, the last hour the pool was open was set aside for adult lap swimming. That lasted until the mid- to late 2000s. I think it’s time to bring that back, but with the pool set-up for long way (50 meters) lap swim. Right now, one can only swim the width (18 yards) which gets mighty boring, in an area where one needs to watch for kids swimming from the deep end to the shallow end.
With this kind of adult designated lap swim lane and time, I would definitely get a summer membership to the pool, which I haven't had previously.
Much needed. Should be 5-7 pm hrs.
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The below listed residents of Peekskill seek to increase opportunities for all community members to utilize Veterans Memorial Pool. We believe that the current schedule and configuration of the Olympic size pool provides no opportunity for proper and safe lap swimming while the pool often sits largely empty during certain hours. By taking a few simple and cost-neutral measures, the Department of Parks and Recreation could provide valuable exercise opportunities for Peekskill residents, maintain pool access for all other recreational uses and cultivate a community of enthusiastic “pool supporters” to aid in the preservation of Veterans Memorial Pool.
Our proposal is to simply adopt some form of combined full-length lap swimming and recreational usage of the pool. This is how most public pools, and certainly all which are 25 meters or greater in length, are utilized. Three possible options are as follows:
- During times when the pool is not being fully used for youth instructional programs, two full-length lap lanes could be installed on one side of the pool. The remaining “open pool space” would be more than sufficient for even the highest level of recreational usage experienced at Veterans Memorial Pool.
- During select times, 3 lap lanes could be installed as in scenario 1. This could occur during “off peak hours.”
- During “off peak” times, one hour could be set aside for full length lap swimming, using the entire pool. For example, the pool could be dedicated to full-length lap swimming from 6pm-7pm on Monday through Friday.
As is widely being done elsewhere, these scenarios could be adapted to COVID-19 protocols in order to ensure proper distancing by limiting each lane to one swimmer for a 30-minute period.
We look forward to finding a way to make this work and sincerely hope that within the Department of Parks and Recreation there can be openness to reasonable discussion and accommodation.To discuss this matter, please contact Robert McCreanor at 347 724 4338 and/or Suzie Malone at 845 667 2635. Thank you.
Updates
May 3, 2021
I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE STORIES YOU HAVE ALL SHARED IN THE COMMENTS!! IT IS BEYOND CLEAR THAT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS READY FOR BETTER ACCESS TO THESE LANES AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING UNTIL THE POOL IS OPEN FOR EVERYONE!!
May 3, 2021
THIS MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY UNREAL!! THE ENERGY BEHIND OPENING UP OUR POOL FOR LAP SWIMMING IS CARRYING US FORWARD AND PROVES THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS BETTER ACCESS RIGHT NOW!!
14 Comments
A very healthy and responsible public service to the Peekskill Community at these most stressful times.
It's time to open up the pool the numbers are down people are getting vaccinated, last year was the worst but this year we have to get back to a normal life
That would be so nice. I do want the kids to still get the most time in the pool.
Living here for 10 years and have always wished I could get a real workout in at the pool instead of just splashing around with the crowds. Hope they listen to us.
There is a precedent for time set aside for lap swim use of the pool. When I moved to Peekskill in 1999, the last hour the pool was open was set aside for adult lap swimming. That lasted until the mid- to late 2000s. I think it’s time to bring that back, but with the pool set-up for long way (50 meters) lap swim. Right now, one can only swim the width (18 yards) which gets mighty boring, in an area where one needs to watch for kids swimming from the deep end to the shallow end.
With this kind of adult designated lap swim lane and time, I would definitely get a summer membership to the pool, which I haven't had previously.
Much needed. Should be 5-7 pm hrs.
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A very healthy and responsible public service to the Peekskill Community at these most stressful times.