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Welcome!

The Hood River Valley Aquatic Center has outlived its useful life and must be renovated or replaced to provide a safe and functioning facility that meets the needs of the Hood River County community.

In this online open house, you can learn more about the project and share your thoughts and ideas for the future. Open until August 9, 2025.

Read on to learn more about:

• Project Background
• Existing Conditions and Recommendations
• Share Your Feedback
• Next Steps

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Project Background

About The Pool

The current facility has served generations of Hood River County swimmers!

More about the facility:

• Built in 1948.
• Modernized in 1993, enclosure added in 1995.
• The pool welcomes 65,000 visits annually by a diverse range of community members.
• Free swim lessons offered through partnership with hood river county school district, and through the grant-funded adult learn to swim and active rx programs.

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Key Pool Features

• Swim Lessons
• Lap Training
• Shower & Locker Rooms
• Adult & Family Therapy
• Open Swim
• Pool Party Room
• Water Polo/Swim Team
• Water Aerobics

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Help Shape The Pool’s Next Chapter!

The 2024 bond did not pass, but the pool’s problems have not gone away. it’s time to come together and find a solution that gives our community the safe, accessible, and thriving aquatic facility it deserves.

Existing Conditions and Recommendations

Existing Conditions: Summary Of Findings

• The current facilities assessment shows things are about the same as the 2017 study.
• All the same fixes and upgrades are still needed.
• Repairs are recommended if the pools are to keep operating.

Images of the Current Facility

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Facility Reccommendations: Options For Facility Improvements

• The building’s main systems are near the end of their life and don't meet current codes.
• Renovation is possible but would cost almost as much as full replacement.
• Renovating alone won't fix program and community space needs.
• Major renovations would still mean long closures without big improvements for users.

We Have Two Options: Renovation Or Replacement

Renovation

This would repair or update the aging parts of the facility, which is the vast majority.

Replacement

This would demolish the facility and rebuild a new one in the same location.

The facility cannot meet current code requirements and is in a state that will soon make it non-operational. To address these needs, we have considered:

Long-term operations costs

Renovation: Not all building elements would be renovated, so operational costs would continue to be higher.

Replacement: All building elements would be rebuilt to be more efficient and would cost less to maintain.

Code compliance

Renovation: It would be renovated to meet current code compliance; however, to do this it will require a building expansion.

Replacement: The replacement facility would be built to or above code requirements.

Construction cost

Renovation: Less cost effective because it does not allow for additional programming or functionality upgrades.

Replacement: More cost effective because it allows for additional programming and functionality upgrades.

Programming needs

Renovation: A renovation would not change the current programming options. They would remain the same as today.

Replacement: A replacement facility would expand the ability to offer more programming options to the public.

Public access

Renovation: The facility would close for approximately 12–18 months to the public to make needed repairs.

Replacement: The facility would close for approximately 12–18 months to the public to rebuild a new facility.

Share Your Feedback!

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Next Steps

Your feedback matters!

Your input today will help us with renovation and replacement considerations.

We will be hosting future In Person and Online Open Houses on the following dates:

• Sunday, September 7th - "What We Heard" Community Meeting #2
• Wednesday, October 29th - "Test Solutions" Community Meeting #3

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