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Originally Posted by Bunk
Talisman Centre, YMCA are certainly nothing to sneeze at. Plus there a bunch of City-owned smaller fitness and aquatic centres like Killarney, Beltline, Inglewood, Renfrew etc.
Anyway, great news about these rec centres. Anyone who's stepped foot in the Genesis Centre knows how desperately these facilities are needed. Genesis, including its library is absolutely packed. Keep in mind that three of these 4 centres will have a new library branch as well.
It certainly was no easy task to make the financing work when the $100m vanished. City Staff did yeoman's work. The Mayor was insistent that we make this a reality. Kudos as well to all the volunteer societies in the NW and SE that did so much work to make this happen.
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We booked our kids for swimming lessons at 9 am on Saturday mornings. At 8:45 or so when we get there, we already have to park in the back 40 of the parking lot.
And technically, the Genesis Centre is still under construction, they are still finishing up. But knowing how nice it is to have a facility like that close by, I am glad than other Calgarians will also have that oppurtunity.