A couple of weeks ago our online poll question stated, “Would you support building a town aquatic center?” The final results showed, of those responding, some 63 percent said “yes” and the remaining 37 percent said “no.”

Such a small and unscientific poll is meant just to provide a quick snapshot of what some folks are thinking. A good follow-up question may be, “Would you be willing to pay more in taxes to build and maintain a town aquatic center?”

The answers may be slightly different…

Nonetheless, there is no harm in trying to discover what the options are, the potential costs, the reception by the community in general. This week’s front page has a story about a small group of folks looking into the potential for an aquatic center here. Fountain Hills is rife with examples of a few folks getting together and turning a basic idea into a large special event or a unique venue. Just look at such things as the Fountain Festival of Arts & Crafts, the L. Alan Cruikshank River of Time Museum, the Community Center, Golden Eagle Park and more.

As one of those involved, Art Tolis, said, “Somebody has to do this because nobody is doing it. We need to initiate the changes we want.”

We’re getting some basic infrastructure needs taken care of this year and next – Avenue of the Fountains median upgrade, a brand new Saguaro Blvd., improvements to school campuses – maybe an aquatic center would be a welcome project to this community. Maybe not.

But it’s worth investigating and trying to find out.