CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KOAA) — The plan to build a new swimming pool in Cañon City is not moving forward. The Cañon City Area Recreation and Parks District says the department does not have enough money to operate the pool long term.
The existing pool has been closed since 2023 because of mechanical issues.
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Last year, voters approved a special sales tax to build a new pool, but they voted down a tax to pay for operating costs.
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"The reason for the design we originally had was that was what we received from community feedback, it is what people in 4,000 surveys and attending public meetings all chose and that was the plan they wanted," said Kyle Horne, Executive Director of the Cañon City Area Recreation and Parks District. "Well, that plan didn't end up working, so now we have to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new plan."
The city projects it will have collected more than $2 million in sales tax by the end of the year that would have built the pool. Cañon City's government plans to come up with a ballot measure to ask people what they want to do with that money.
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