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The City’s $88.5 million project includes a new community center and playground but only refurbishes the 70-year-old Green Lake Aquatic Facility. The pool would remain below regulation size, with NO NEW aquatic capacity or programming opportunities. Our group advocates for a larger, more versatile aquatic facility that better serves the community’s current and future needs.

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in a facility that can serve Seattle for decades.

The City’s current redesign uses only a portion of the existing community center and pool footprint, outlined in red. We are urging the City to use the entire available footprint to build a larger, modern aquatic facility that better meets the community’s current and future needs.

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9/28/26

Purpose of This Campaign

One larger, more flexible pool could support multiple programs at once.

Seattle does not have enough public pool capacity for its current and growing population. Seattle Parks operates only 8 year-round indoor pools, most of which are 25-yard facilities. Evans Pool itself is more than 70 years old and no longer reflects the range of aquatic uses Seattle needs today.

The Green Lake project is already moving forward, making this a rare opportunity to maximize taxpayer investment and build greater aquatic capacity for decades. The existing Evans Pool is constrained by its size, depth, and layout. Its long shallow section limits how efficiently different programs can operate simultaneously.

A larger, better-configured pool could allow swim lessons, lap swimming, competitive swimming, water polo, diving, synchronized swimming, and other programs to share the pool at the same time. For example, a properly designed shallow area could accommodate more swim-lesson classes while deeper water and additional lanes remain available for lap swimming, teams, or other programming.

Seattle's limited capacity is already being tested. Queen Anne Pool is closed until fall 2027, and Medgar Evers Pool was also closed in 2026. Green Lake construction is currently planned to begin in late 2027 or early 2028, potentially putting additional pressure on the remaining pool system.

This is also a public-safety investment. King County reports that about 40% of preventable open-water drowning deaths occurred within Seattle, a city surrounded by lakes, Puget Sound, and other waterways. Pools provide far more than recreation: they provide places to learn lifesaving swimming skills, exercise, compete, and build community.

The goal is not simply a bigger pool. It is a pool designed to serve more people, more programs, and more needs at once.

Current Pool with Limited Programming:

Example of Possible Programming with a 25 Meter by 25 Yard Pool:

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