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Oswegoland Park District plans to use vacant fitness center for recreation programs · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego Land Park District plans to use vacant fitness center
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  Speaker 1: for recreation programs. Written by Eric Shelkoff, This article is
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  Speaker 1: The Oswego Land Park District and September plans to start
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  Speaker 1: using the former esport of Fitness Center in Oswego for
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  Speaker 1: recreation programs. Last May, the Oswego Land Park District announced
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  Speaker 1: that it acquired the long vacant Esport of Fitness Center
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  Speaker 1: at two hundred Ogden Falls Blvd. Along US Route thirty
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  Speaker 1: four in Oswego in order to expand its indoor recreational
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  Speaker 1: and aquatic programming, including the district's first indoor swimming pool.
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  Speaker 1: The park district has renamed the facility Ogden Point. The
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  Speaker 1: sport of Fitness closed its doors October sixteenth, twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: LA Fitness operates Esporta Fitness Centers. Plans are four the
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  Speaker 1: Park District to open for recreation programs on September eighth. However,
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  Speaker 1: the pool is not expected to open until early next
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  Speaker 1: year due to the lengthy Illinois Department of Public Health
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  Speaker 1: permit review process and a long lead time for the
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  Speaker 1: specialized rooftop unit for the pool room. The pool will
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  Speaker 1: open later, tentatively scheduled for early twenty twenty seven opening date.
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  Speaker 1: Facility project supervisor Phil Wherschak said in a recent report
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  Speaker 1: to Oswego Land Park Board commissioners, the Department of Public
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  Speaker 1: Health requires a construction permit for new or significantly altered
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  Speaker 1: public swimming pools, spas or water slides. The building was
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  Speaker 1: built in two thousand and eight. The park district bought
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  Speaker 1: the forty five thousand square foot building for two dollars
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  Speaker 1: and fifty five million dollars. The project is being funded
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  Speaker 1: through the district's accumulated resources and non referendum bonding authority.
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  Speaker 1: The facility had been closed for a number of years
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  Speaker 1: and the regular maintenance and security of the facility was
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  Speaker 1: not kept up very well. Oswegol Land Parked Districts Executive
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  Speaker 1: Director Chad Feldado had previously said in talking about the
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  Speaker 1: improvements being made to the facility. Currently, the park district
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  Speaker 1: operates two outdoor pools, the Civic Center Aquatic Pool and
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  Speaker 1: wind Rock Pool, along with swim lessons. Other planned uses
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  Speaker 1: for the building include small group classes, athletic activities, and
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  Speaker 1: other indoor activities designed to serve residents of all ages,