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Remodeled Pool Makes A Splash
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Published: June 14, 2008
TAMPA - The more than three-year wait is over.
With a tweet of a whistle from Mayor Pam Iorio, the remodeled pool at Cyrus Greene Park reopened this week at 2101 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
About 130 children took the plunge after the opening ceremonies, which included synchronized swimming performances.
The pool makeover cost about $1.5 million. It includes an accessibility ramp for the disabled, diving blocks, six swim lanes, a water slide, and a splash pad with three water drops, floor sprays and two rain arches.
"I like that it's cold," said Kennedy Mack, 9. "And you can play real fun."
Tampa City Councilwoman Gwen Miller took adult swimming lessons at the old pool, and her children learned to swim there.
Her phone rang off the hook some days during the long wait for the modernized pool's completion.
"You don't know how many calls I got about this pool," Miller said in her opening remarks, saying she often was asked: "How long is it going to be? When can I bring my kids over?"
Kathy Steele
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