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Is the future looking shallow for Reinhart Pool?

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Channel: East Idaho News · 2016 · News & Politics

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STAND UP – I’m Natalia Hepworth here in Idaho Falls at Reinhart Park near Reinhart Pool that’s been a gem in the community for many years.  It’s been closed down for the last two years, and people are beginning to wonder if it will ever reopen.

SOT: “I was just thinking about it yesterday hoping it would open back up, I learned how to swim in that pool,” local Lisa Wise says.

SOT: “That pool over there’s been there for years and years, and it’s something that’s very loved in the community,” Recreational Superintendent P.J. Holm says. 

VO: Reinhart Pool was one of the only water based recreational options for the City of Idaho Falls. The YMCA had the pool for a number of years before handing it back over to the City of Idaho Falls. The last time the pool was open was in 2013, and since then the pool has been condemned. 

SOT: “There’s a crack in the bottom of the pool… grout coming out, tiles popping off, and concrete slabs settling, and so there's trip hazards, and everything in between,” Holm says. 

VO: Holm says renovating the pool would be a large project. He says putting in around $30,000 of work could fix some things, but it would not cover all of the expenses.  

SOT: “I am looking for some grant money currently that I can use to help renovate that facility, and bring it back to its old glory,” Holm says. 

VO: Officials say they are weighing the options on what to do with the pool section of the Reinhart Park, and planning on keeping water based recreation a possibility.

SOT:  “My children swim in that pool as well, so we would love to see it back open,” Wise says. 

STAND UP: There aren’t any solid plans for Reinhart Pool for this summer, but city officials are taking it into consideration and hoping that it will open within the next few years. Reporting from Idaho Falls, I’m Natalia Hepworth, EastIdahoNews.com.

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