Our plans
To see if our arts and recreaton facilites are
properly meetng the needs of the community, we
will be doing strategic reviews of the city’s:
sports facilites (including indoor recreaton
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facilites and sports parks)
libraries
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theatres
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swimming pools
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These reviews will map out the city’s long-term
needs and make sure its arts and recreaton
facilites meet the standards of a modern city.
Issues such as whether there are enough facilites
and whether they are in the right place will also be
looked at.
The Council has decided to close the Municipal
Pool for up to one year while negotatons contnue
with partes interested in the pool’s future. $50,000
has been allocated to investgate the pool’s leak
and there will be a report back to the Mayor and
Councillors on this within the year.
The Council has also decided to sell the YMCa site
in Pembroke St on the open market to a buyer who
will contnue to use it for recreatonal and related
purposes.
We must also ensure the high standards at facilites
are maintained despite challenging fnancial
constraints.
SPORTS PARKS:
Spread across Hamilton are 442
hectares of sports parks and facilites for formal
and informal use. The city has several parks which
act as headquarters for senior codes and others for
junior sport.
SWIMMING FACILITIES:
The Council operates two
swimming complexes ofering safe facilites for the
community and a range of health and swimming
programmes.
www.hamiltonpools.co.nz
THEATRES:
There are three Council-run theatres
in Hamilton: Founders Theatre, Clarence St Theatre
and The Meteor. The theatres ofer space for live
entertainment, conferences, seminars and social
functons.
www.hamiltontheatres.co.nz
WAIKATO MUSEUM:
The Waikato Museum cares
for the city’s cultural and artstc treasures. Regular
exhibitons and actvites share the knowledge,
creatvity and history of those treasures.
www.waikatomuseum.co.nz
Our plans
To see if our arts and recreaton facilites are
SPORTS PARKS:
Spread across Hamilton are 442
hectares of sports parks and facilites for formal
and informal use. The city has several parks which
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to our libraries each year.
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