Time to get behind the National Swim Center at City of Palms Park

The National Swimming Center Corporation (NSCC) is again asking the Lee County Board of Commissioners to go to contract for the swim center at City of Palms Park. This is an opportunity to support swimming while saving Lee County $1 million a year as Lee County Government struggles with a $50 million budget deficit.

The NSCC is proposing turning the City of Palms Park, located in downtown Fort Myers, into a world class swimming facility. Swimming will create a direct economic impact to Lee County of $46 million with 24 events in the first year and will continue to grow each year.

The NSCC will be responsible to complete building, operating and maintaining the City of Palms Park and convert it into  a swim facility that includes  the Rowdy Gaines learn to swim program, a rehabilitation pool, an outdoor diving well, an outdoor warm up pool and a main stage Olympic size pool. The savings to Lee County is an anticipated $1 million dollars per year.

The NSCC will pay $100,000 in rent to Lee County Government for the annual lease of the City of Palms Park.

Check out the proposal at www.nationalswimming.org

Please email your county commissioners and tell them:
Yes, I want to save $1 million per year!

Yes, I want the  economic impact of  that this project will provide to help grow our economy!

Email our county commissioners by Monday so they know how you feel.  The commissioners said they haven’t heard from the community so let them hear your voice!

John Manning    [email protected]          239-533-2224

Brian Bigelow     [email protected]          239-533.2227

Ray Judea         [email protected]           239-533-2223

Tammy Hall      [email protected]          239-533-2226

Frank Mann       [email protected]          239-533-2225