[KsJayhawkers]

Can anyone confirm there will NOT be a village swimming pool in Newell. The way the plans read, there will only be a family pool at the Franklin Recreation Center.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by KsJayhawkers

Can anyone confirm there will NOT be a village swimming pool in Newell. The way the plans read, there will only be a family pool at the Franklin Recreation Center.

What is your definition of a "village swimming pool"?

An adult pool, a family pool, or a sports pool?

[vintageogauge]

Newell is getting a resort style family pool in their recreation area. Don't know if there will be a neighborhood pool near the mail station or not should be pretty easy to find out by going to the mail station and see if they started digging, they are usually filled and ready to go before they start selling homes, and since they are already selling homes looks a little doubtful.

[Pondboy]

Originally Posted by KsJayhawkers

Can anyone confirm there will NOT be a village swimming pool in Newell. The way the plans read, there will only be a family pool at the Franklin Recreation Center.

You can go to “ You Tube” and search for Gold Wingnuts video of The Villages Updates #121, which includes Newell at 22 minutes in. It doesn’t look like (from the air/what I can see) that there will be one apart from the one at Franklin Rec. the Villages website does not show one either.


You could always call the Villages or your realtor for definite confirmation.

Please don’t go driving around in the construction areas. You are trespassing and no one likes you being there. The streets are narrow and crowded with construction workers cars, trucks, cement trucks, construction equipment, delivery vehicles etc., Not to mention all the dirt and nails in the road. Seriously, don’t listen to the bad advice, stay away until the area is ready.

[Goldwingnut]

Newell and Lake Denham have not pool at their postal station, they will share the family pool at the Franklin Rec Center. There is an adult pool going in now for Dabney.

[KsJayhawkers]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

Newell and Lake Denham have not pool at their postal station, they will share the family pool at the Franklin Rec Center. There is an adult pool going in now for Dabney.

Thank you Don!!

[KsJayhawkers]

Originally Posted by VApeople

What is your definition of a "village swimming pool"?

An adult pool, a family pool, or a sports pool?

Each Village is a neighborhood, each neighborhood is a Village. Therefore my definition is a Village swimming pool.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by KsJayhawkers

Each Village is a neighborhood, each neighborhood is a Village. Therefore my definition is a Village swimming pool.

That statement is complete nonsense.

Most Villages have an adult pool where no young people are allowed. We were at the St. Catherine adult pool a few months ago and a guy came up with a couple kids. The kids were not allowed in.

Some Villages like Marsh Bend do not have an adult pool, and unfortunately it appears Newell will not have an adult pool either.

It will have a family pool, hopefully as nice as the one at Homestead.

[jimdecastro]

Originally Posted by KsJayhawkers

Can anyone confirm there will NOT be a village swimming pool in Newell. The way the plans read, there will only be a family pool at the Franklin Recreation Center.

I am the admin for the Newell FB Group (Village of Newell (The Villages, FL) )- PLEASE JOIN.

As the great Don Wiley stated, there is no neighborhood (adult) pool in Newell or Lake Denham (although early videos showed one in Newell, I believe). Miss that in the PR? Me too. Besides the Dabney pool, Citrus Grove has a neighborhood pool about 4/10 of a mile away. Homestead (Family) and Ezell (Sport) are also nearby. Plenty of chances to get wet.

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by KsJayhawkers

Can anyone confirm there will NOT be a village swimming pool in Newell. The way the plans read, there will only be a family pool at the Franklin Recreation Center.

I’m really not surprised at all if they start limiting how many pools they put in. I am pretty shocked at the number of personal pools going in, especially considering the cost. There are at least 4 going in just in my rather small neighborhood at the current time.

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

I’m really not surprised at all if they start limiting how many pools they put in. I am pretty shocked at the number of personal pools going in, especially considering the cost. There are at least 4 going in just in my rather small neighborhood at the current time.

One doesn't affect or influence the other. Many more pools will go in as people move in and contract outside the normal build process of the homes. In my CYV community alone there are 4 including my own, 2 of which I am amazed that they were able to fit them in, to say nothing of how they were able to get the equipment in and build them.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by KsJayhawkers

Each Village is a neighborhood, each neighborhood is a Village. Therefore my definition is a Village swimming pool.

Which type of pool are you looking for is the question.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by jimdecastro

there is no neighborhood (adult) pool in Newell or Lake Denham

We have only been here for 7 years and I don't think I have ever heard the expression 'neighborhood pool'. To me, that implies the pool is built only for the people who live nearby, which is definitely not true.

We live in Osceola Hills and love to walk and bike in the Southern area. We often wear our bathing suit when we walk or bike, and then we hop in the closest pool to cool off afterwards. We like the adult pool at Citrus Grove very much, and the new family pools at Cattail and Homestead are especially nice.

[vintageogauge]

They have always been and still are called neighborhood pools, not only by The Villages themselves, but by the CDD, and even on past threads here on TOTV.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

They have always been and still are called neighborhood pools, not only by The Villages themselves, but by the CDD, and even on past threads here on TOTV.

I always called them neighboorhoods pools. Just looked at the recreation map - they are now called Adult Pools

https://districtgov.org/departments/...pdf?v=20220624