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MAKE WAVES! is a non-profit citizen run organization created in February of 2007 to address the urgent question of how to deal with Port Townsend's aging public pool and the implications of its possible closure.

The group's mission is:

"To develop a multipurpose aquatic, recreation, and fitness center that is affordable, financially sustainable, politically supportable, and serves the needs of all the members of our community for generations to come."

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updated August 25, 2010

 MAKE WAVES! is part of the "Our Kids Our Business" community partnership. Together we will make a difference in the lives of our kids and our community.  Here's how: MAKE WAVES! was formed by a group of concerned citizens to build an affordable and accessible replacement for the aging, circa 1962, Mountain View pool.  The Mountain View pool in 2009 averaged 2,947 uses per month, 49% of which were youth.  In January of 2010 pool usage increased from January 2009 by 1,197 uses.  Upon completion the MAKE WAVES! aquatic recreation center will provide after school and holiday programming for children and families throughout East Jefferson County and easy, no transfer access by bus for those who must use, or choose to use, public transportation.  The Center will provide a second home for children and families and a drug free, adult supervised destination that will help alleviate the after school idle hands issue that parents and teachers cannot solve without community support and infrastructure.

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Read the MAKE WAVES! Feasibility Study


swimtrainS.jpg Get On Board the Swim Train!!! The only functioning public pool in Jefferson County is operated by the City of Port Townsend and housed at the Mountain View School campus. That aging pool has a limited life expectancy and remains open only as a condition of the City's continuing lease of the Mountain View property. It is our determination to find and develop an alternative, assuring the people of this region continued access to such a valuable and necessary asset to our community.

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MAKE WAVES! is incorporated in the State of Washington as a non-profit corporation
and has federal tax-deductible non-profit status - 501(c)(3)
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