Hello ITD,
Our plans include a three pool facility, - fitness pool, therapy pool and recreation pool. Seems to be the best model in terms of financial sutainability and return on investment. The week before my big swim I was down visiting family in GA and this is what I found:
http://picasaweb.google.com/maurymck...eat=directlink. It is pretty much the 40,000sq.ft. design model we have. You can also look at aquatic centers recently developed in Hartford, VT and Stowe, VT. We have 30,000sq ft and 50,000sq ft enterprise plans as well. Hard to say what will work best. As we develop the feasibility study and the business plan and then reconcile that with community interest and fundraising we'll know better what we can afford. We know we have to be practical dreamers. My gut tells me this will take twenty years to achieve but my heart hopes for five. Whatever happens it is still a worthwhile endeavor.