Pools For The People

Published June 27, 2021 at 4:00 AM CDT

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Everyone deserves a safe place to swim, but we live in a region of pool haves and have-nots: Kansas City, Kansas, has zero public pools open this summer, while Lenexa has three pools for one-third the population.

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Real Humans By Gina Kaufmann Podcast Kansas City Kansas (KCK)Pools summer heat Swimming parks

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