Philadelphia Plans to Open Every City Pool This Summer
by KYW's Hadas Kuznits
The Philadelphia Department of Recreation says that this summer, all of the city's pools will be open.
Sue Slawson (right), the city's recreation department commissioner, made the announcement on Thursday in City Hall:
"I am excited -- I'm very excited! This is big for the young people, for parents, day camps -- they use our pools."
Last year there was only enough city funding to open 46 of the city's 69 pools. This year, Slawson says, they started early soliciting additional private and corporate funding to add to the money in the city budget:
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