Help keep a pool in Grafton, ND.
Vote Yes! on Ordnance 351.
With the compromised equipment room foundation, the leaking underground plumbing, and the thousands of gallons of water lost daily it is only a matter of time that there will no longer be a pool in Grafton, ND unless there is something done about it.
The 0.0025 increase in sales tax will allow for a renovation project to keep a pool in Grafton!
Thank you to all who joined us for the Public Forum at the Centennial Center Lobby on Wednesday, April 17th. Keep your eyes open for another Public Forum in the next month or so.
Don't forget to vote!
Tuesday, June 11th!
Walsh County Courthouse - Farmers Room
608 Cooper Avenue
Polls open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Vote Yes! for the sales tax ordinance to keep a pool in Grafton!
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Polling Location - June 11th
Walsh County Courthouse - Farmers Room
608 Cooper Avenue
Grafton, ND 58237
Polls Close at 7 p.m.
At Grafton Parks and Recreation, our vision is to be the leading provider of outdoor recreational activities and services in the Rendezvous Region. We are well into the planning stages of building a brand new pool in Grafton, ND. Our hope is that the new pool will continue to be the outdoor swimming hub for all surrounding communities, as well as our own! We hope it will bring more travel to Grafton, that baseball and camping families will be excited to come here just so they can use the pool! Think: Zero entry pool with splash park features in about 2 feet of water, basketball hoops, Large slides, diving board, lap pool, lazy river!
Our current outdoor pool is nice. It has been since 1954. But there are many large, structural plumbing problems going on underground, that do not meet the eye. Every summer, we were very lucky to be able to use our pool house: changing rooms, bathrooms, showers. Now, Add that to the problem we have every spring no matter what: The ever sinking maintenance & plumbing room. Every freeze and thaw, that room pulls further and further north while simultaneously sinking. Because of that, We loose thousands of gallons everyday in our pool, through old plumbing cracks and new fissures. It's not economical or ecofriendly, and it's definitely NOT sustainable.
At Grafton Parks and Recreation, we're proud to have a team who can dream realistically. We know fundraising alone isn't going to get us a brand new pool with amenities. We have been saving and planning for the day our 70 y/o pool quits on us. We changed our mindset: This new pool MUST become a reality. How can we get there? Ordnance 351 will add a 0.25% to the city sales tax in Grafton, ND for the sole use to fund a pool project. If the ordnance passes it will give the funding needed to start building a pool project. More funding from grants to tax deductible charitable donations made to the Grafton Parks & Recreation Foundation will make a new pool in Grafton, ND a reality.
Together we can break ground on a modern pool for our children AND our grandchildren to enjoy for 70+ more years! Help us, help them!
Please reach us at gpr@graftonparks.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
A: We don't know. The equipment room floor is sinking due to multiple floods over the years. The main sewer line is damaged along with the filtration lines. The pool loses over 6000 gallons of water every day. Best answer we can give is...the pool will close when we are unable to filter water.
A: The Grafton outdoor pool is 70 years old. Cost projections to repair the pool are between 3 - 4 million dollars. Grafton Parks annual budget cannot support a project of this scope.
A: Grafton Parks will need to hire a Pool Engineering Company to determine what will be more cost effective...repairing the existing pool or building new.
A: Grafton Parks will continue operating the outdoor pool until we are unable to keep it open. The outdoor swimming pool brings in around 50,000 dollars in revenue annually. The pools annual operating expense is around 80,000 dollars. Grafton Parks operates the pool with an annual net loss of 30,000 or more depending on the season. The sales tax measure is needed for the future of an outdoor swimming pool in Grafton.
A: No. Grafton Parks & Recreation Foundation will manage all monies from sales tax, fund raisers, and donations to the pool project. Monies will be deposited in Grafton Parks and Recreation Foundation's account.
A: For every $1,000 you spend on taxable merchandise in Grafton, it will cost you an additional $2.50. Breaking this down again...for every $100 you spend on taxable merchandise in Grafton, it will cost you an additional .25 cents.
A: Vote "YES" on ordinance 351 for a quarter percent sales tax for the outdoor pool on June 11th, 2024. Spread the word on how important an outdoor pool is to our community...encourage your family, neighbors, co-workers to vote "YES" to sustain the pool for our next generations. Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to the Grafton Parks & Recreation Foundation for the Leistikow Park Pool project. Volunteer to help with fundraising opportunities to Save our Pool!
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