{"id":1317193,"date":"2019-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991654"},"modified":"2019-12-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T07:00:00","slug":"basalt-aims-to-make-a-splash-with-renovations-to-arbaney-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/basalt-aims-to-make-a-splash-with-renovations-to-arbaney-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Basalt aims to make a splash with renovations to Arbaney Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One possible renovation being floated for Arbaney Pool in Basalt is replacing the existing kiddie pool with a kids’ pool in the shape of a robot. It would have features such as slides, fountains and a bench.<\/strong>
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Some expert sources \u2014 some as young as 6 years old \u2014 are helping shape the first significant renovations to the Basalt municipal pool since it was built in the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n

The opinions of 115 kids from Basalt Elementary School and 93 students at Basalt High School were sought on what they would like to see at the Arbaney Swimming Pool.<\/p>\n

A zipline was the leading request among the youngest students, along with a hot tub, lazy river floating feature, a waterfall and \u201cmore food.\u201d<\/p>\n

The older kids\u2019 top preference was a hot tub followed by \u201cmore food,\u201d a zipline, warm water and a lazy river feature.<\/p>\n

Toni Kronberg, a longtime swimming instructor and tireless advocate for pools throughout the valley, supplied questionnaires for the kids and helped collect their thoughts.<\/p>\n

Adults were also surveyed for their opinions.<\/p>\n

The kids might not get everything they want, but their opinions are part of a packet of information the Basalt Town Council will examine tonight when discussing the first major pool renovations since it was built in the mid-1990s. The town hired a consultant, Connect One Design, to create a conceptual plan for the pool. The consulting staff will brief the council on the direction thus far at a council work session at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to obtain feedback from the Council on these ideas and make sure the Council is comfortable with them before the team proceeds further,\u201d said a memo from the town staff to the council.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest proposals is replacing the existing kiddie pool with a kids\u2019 pool in the shape of a large robot. It would boast features such as slides for legs, fountains for eyes and a waterside bench for an arm.<\/p>\n

Most of the proposed upgrades are functional \u2014 improving the locker rooms, adding family rooms, adding shade structures, creating a north entrance and making the energy-intensive facility \u201cgreener.\u201d<\/p>\n

The upgrades will have to be phased, and the town must figure out how to fund the changes.<\/p>\n

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One possible renovation being floated for Arbaney Pool in Basalt is replacing the existing kiddie pool with a kids’ pool in the shape of a robot. It would have features such as slides, fountains and a bench.Courtesy image Some expert sources \u2014 some as young as 6 years old \u2014 are helping shape the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1317193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 07:00:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}