Lee Co. Ready to Jump into Effort to Get Swim Center

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Mar 10, 2010 at 10:47 AM EST

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Mar 10, 2010 at 10:47 AM EST

Lee County is ready to jump right into the water, in the effort to bring a National Swim Center to SW Florida.

“This is huge, a huge 80-million dollar impact to the county’s economy,” said Commissioner Ray Judah.

The county could cobble together several million dollars, but the National Swim Center Corp. of Austin TX would have to pay tens of millions, Judah said.

That could be a real problem, and other commissioners worry about tax-payers being saddled with the bills for the swim center, that could be located at City of Palms Park in Ft. Myers.

“We can only put so many financial anchors around the necks of the taxpayers and the county,” said Commissioner Frank Mann.

cape coral is considering the swim center also, but council members have indicated, they may not have the money or desire to proceed.

The swim center wants to also have a convention center and a hotel for out of town visitors.

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