By Nick Nardecchia & Mali SparhawkSopris Stars guest column The Sopris Stars is a new monthly youth publication powered by The Sopris Sun. When we were little, summer meant one thing: the Carbondale pool. We both remember taking our first swim lessons there. We’d run down the deck until a lifeguard blew her whistle and […]
Carbondale Pool
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Aquatics Center needs community support to close funding gap
The Carbondale pool, formerly known as the John M. Fleet Pool, named after a Carbondale mayor, was originally built in 1978. Since its creation, the pool has served the community as a hub for connection, recreation and education. Despite its importance, and likely due in part to its popularity, the pool had endured some wear […]
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Letters – May 22, 2025
Let’s dive inGrowing up in the Roaring Fork Valley, the Carbondale pool was more than just a place to cool off. It was where I learned to swim, to trust my body and to feel strong in the water. Years later, I watched both of my kids take their first strokes in that same pool, […]
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Letters – May 1, 2025
Pool investmentLast spring, I had the privilege of participating on the Town of Carbondale’s Aquatics Center fundraising team as a grant writer. In the course of doing that work, I sought answers to three questions: 1. Why is the Town doing a fundraiser for its pool? 2. What is “building electrification?” 3. Why is the […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees get technical
The Carbondale Board of Trustees convened a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 3 to make up for the absence of a regular meeting on Nov. 26. All were present with Town Manager Lauren Gister joining via Zoom.A quickly-approved “whopper of a consent agenda,” as described by Mayor Ben Bohmfalk, included appointment of Meredith Bullock to […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Dinkle delaysSwimmers and hikers have likely already experienced up to two hour delays on Dinkle Road, which will continue through Thursday and pick up again next week as Pitkin County performs road detail from the intersection of Prince Creek Road up to Dinkle Lake. For updates, visit www.fs.usda.gov/whiteriver Chacos ParkShade studies and stage location considerations […]
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Wading in: Ballot Issue A
In addition to electing three trustees and Carbondale’s next mayor, town residents have the opportunity to approve replacing the John M. Fleet Pool, named for a former Carbondale mayor, with a new aquatics facility in the same location. The new pool would separate the lap pool from the general recreation pool, while adding 1,450 swimmable […]