To the Community Preservation Committee, We’re excited about the progress that is being made on renovating Gath Pool. We advocate for moving forward rapidly with investment into this citywide asset and community resource that impacts all of Newton. We appreciate the work and effort taken thus far and look forward to investing time and energyContinue reading “Letter in Support of Gath Pool Funding”
Category Archives: Gath Pool
Opportunity for NSHS Pool
Good morning Mayor Fuller, This past spring and summer we, the Board of Friends of Albemarle, successfully advocated to add a study for an indoor pool onto the CIP. The lack of a pool at Newton South High School creates a lopsided demand loop in Newton as their swim team requires the use of theContinue reading “Opportunity for NSHS Pool”
Final Design: Gath Pool
On April 25, 2022, the design team BH+A presented a final design for Gath Pool (“Option 4”). Here is an excerpt from their presentation. Highlights include a walking lane for pool users, zero-entry, splash pad, standard-depth and more lanes for competition.
Fields and Pool and You
There are two upcoming city meetings about Albemarle – both on zoom. Attend tonight’s meeting to view the plans for the fields and the pool, but not to make a public comment. Attend Tuesday of next week to discuss the plans as a community. (Register in advance.) Bottom line: attend! We’ll see you there! Cedar From Newton Parks,Continue reading “Fields and Pool and You”
Letter to all City Council and Parks & Rec Commission Members
Dear Newton City Councilors and Members of the Parks & Recreation Commission, As the Board of the nonprofit Friends of Albemarle, we’ve listened to input about the Gath Pool redesign from many key stakeholders, community members and the 1,500+ respondents of our recent survey done in collaboration with the city. It has led us toContinue reading “Letter to all City Council and Parks & Rec Commission Members”
Gath & Murphy & Magnets
Two big Albemarle meetings that happened this week, and below are updates on how they went. Please forward and encourage people to join Friends of Albemarle. (And a reminder to buy your Friends of Albemarle Magnets: Just visit the side-door foyer of 29 North St. in Newton (steps from Albemarle!), leave $5 per magnet in theContinue reading “Gath & Murphy & Magnets”
Notes on the Dec 2 Gath Pool Meeting
Last night’s pool meeting had a lot of new information, and we want to make sure everyone is aware of the current path of the project. While three designs were presented, none featured any options for year-round swimming, and all designs were similar to one another. From the community reaction last night, it seemed clearContinue reading “Notes on the Dec 2 Gath Pool Meeting”
Double Rainbow
On the afternoon of Halloween, my children and I were biking home from a costume block party on “Scareway Drive” (known as Fairway Drive on the other 364 days a year) and got drenched in a sudden downpour. By the time we were gliding by Albemarle Field and Gath Pool, the rain had stopped andContinue reading “Double Rainbow”
Friends of Albemarle 