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Denver kids: be sure to sign up for free access to pools, rec centers
In the first year of the MY Denver Card program, the city says more than 42,000 youths signed up for the free pass to municipal libraries, pools and recreation centers. That’s nearly half of the estimated 90,000 5- through 18-year-olds who are eligible. Denver Parks and Recreation said on Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the program, that its first-year goal had been to sign up 25,000. Parents can fill out applications at any Denver rec center or print one online on Denvergov.org. The city says it will announce more card benefits later this year. Costs for the $1.2 million-a-year program have been covered by voters’ passage in 2012 of Measure 2A, which allowed the city to keep more tax money by opting out of the spending cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. R...
These Colorado swimming pools make summer vacation a cool destination
“Which way to the pool?” For families with children, certainly for mine, it’s the most pressing question at check-in. Pools can make or break your summer vacation. Despite all the adventuresome, enlightening and awe-inspiring events on your schedule, a water feature can turn out to be the highlight of a trip. Sometimes the right pool can even be your destination. The draw of sparkling-blue, chlorinated water is why we haven’t taken our 6- and 8-year-old girls out of the country yet. (Well, that and we don’t have a few extra grand lying around.) If we took them on a European tour now, I imagine they’d be asking, “Why doesn’t the 18th-century castle we’re staying in have a pool?”
