Deal To Re-Open YMCA Pool Nearly Complete

TERRE HAUTE, Ind – After several months of negotiations, Mayor Duke Bennett said on Thursday that he has reached an “agreement in principle” with the YMCA of the Wabash Valley to re-open the indoor pool at the Y in Terre Haute’s Fairbanks Park.

YMCA officials closed the pool in September, citing the cost of needed updates and ongoing operations.

The agreement calls for the city to pick up some costs of pool operation with the YMCA operating the pool.

The city owns the building and leases it to the Y.

A group of senior citizen members of the organization have been pushing the Mayor and the Y to reopen the pool.