Hammond's Pulaski Park may be getting a new pool, after all.
Last spring, Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. said he'd decided not to rebuild the park's swimming pool, due in part to Crossroads YMCA's plans to put an outdoor waterpark at its new facility at the former Woodmar Mall site. But now, McDermott says First District council member Mark Kalwinski has agreed to let a million dollars in gaming revenue be used for the pool project, to add to the roughly $2 million remaining in leftover bond proceeds.
"I want to commit to Councilman Mark Kalwinski, before this term is over, 14 months, I'm going to make sure that the Pulaski Park Pool is financed — not completed. It's going to take a while, as you know," McDermott told Kalwinski during last week's city council meeting.
The mayor said it's the last of his planned park projects yet to be completed, and he wants to finalize the funding plan before his term ends.
