May 25th, 2011
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Author: The newly renovated Hoyt Park pool in Wauwatosa is expected to open this weekend in time for Memorial Day, according to a Milwaukee County board news release.
Hoyt Pool (photo provided by Milwaukee County)
In 2003, the county closed the pool, which was built in 1939, due to structural problems. The Friends of Hoyt Park and Pool raised about $8 million to pay for the renovations, including a $4 million grant from the TOSA Foundation.
The new facility will feature “heated water, competitive lap lanes, water slides, zero-depth entry, a sand play area and other aquatic center features.” The former bathhouse was renovated and could one day become a “coffee shop or casual restaurant.”
In January, a minor explosion at the construction site sent two workers to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Before it was closed in 2003, the Hoyt Park pool (which will now be called the “Tosa Pool at Hoyt Park”) was considered the largest outdoor pool in the state.
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