Is an Outdoor Pool in City's Future?

Don't look for an outdoor pool in Strongsville in the near future.

Mayor Tom Perciak said there are no plans to construct an outdoor pool here and blamed a lack of funds.

"Grant money has dried up," he said.

The topic came up at Tuesday when a resident asked whether the city was pursuing a pool.

At , saying he planned to put together a committee of residents to raise money -- through grants and donations -- to construct a pool outside the .

That plan did not materialize.

Many residents lamented the closing of Strongsville's previous outdoor pool, located at the city's former recreation center at Prospect and Drake roads, more than a decade ago. The idea of building a new one has been bandied around for years, but officials have said the city doesn't have the money.

But this week, Perciak, who is lobbying officials in Columbus for money to widen the southern-most stretch of Pearl Road, said he does not believe there is money available for that type of recreation project.

"We've go to put that on the back burner," he said.