“Pool Progress: Behind the Scenes of the Lopez Swim Center” is an eight-part series to keep you informed with project updates, along with interviews from Swim Center experts, leaders, and community members supporting the campaign. This is part two of our eight-part series. Project ...
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Pool Progress: Behind the Scenes of the Lopez Swim Center FLIP Speaks with Water Technology Inc.'s Ryan Nachreiner The campaign to build the Lopez Swim Center has retooled and is better than ever after project delays last year that were beyond our control. This ...
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Having well-trained lifeguards will be a crucial element in the Lopez Swim Center’s successful operation, and FLIP is getting a jump-start on lifeguard recruitment and training with Lopezians Paul Henriksen and Kathryn Tucker. These community movers and shakers are helping launch this vitally important ...
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We are thrilled to share that Lopezian Inez Black has pledged $100,000 toward our Lopez Community Swim Center !  For more than five years, Inez Black has been a consistent and interested supporter of Friends of Lopez Island Pool (FLIP).  Like many, she’s been concerned about the sustainability of the facility and its accessibility to all.  This year, after ...
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The COVID crisis has caused many things in our lives to be postponed. And although activities like swimming at state park beaches, community pools, and boating may be off the table for many of us this summer, this doesn't negate the critical need for ...
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By Carolyn McGown (FLIP volunteer and former Board member) A wonderful part of FLIP’s progress in 2019 was an unexpected $100,000 pledge for the creation of a scholarship fund that will ensure all Lopez Island kids have access to the pool and to swim ...
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We are blown away by a recent anonymous stock donation worth over $500,000! We feel so honored by the support that keeps coming in from this amazing community! This is one more BIG step forward on the path to completion of a year-round swim ...
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Banners went up on Pool Lane on summer solstice to welcome Senator Liz Lovelett and her legislative assistant Jordan Kronen. The Senator had asked to visit the site of the Community Swim Center, after securing $1 million dollars from the 2019 state capital budget ...
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