I travel a lot and always appreciate cities that provide great aquatics options. Makes me wish Town of Cary did more to support swimming. Hopefully someday they will. One of the things I like to do is track where I swim. I’ve added a new page to the site to do just that – My Swims. I’ll update the page each time I check off a new state where I haven’t swum before. I didn’t start tracking swims until I became a Masters Swimmer – so I haven’t included pools I visited long ago as an age group swimmer.

The Town of Cary 2011-2012 Parks Recreation and Cultural Resources Master Plan compared the Town of Cary against seven other communities. According to the plan, “Comparative data from the following seven communities was collected and analyzed in relation to the Town of Cary. The Communities were chosen because they are known for having quality parks and recreation systems.”

Let’s see how the number of municipal pools compared…

It’s worth re-iterating that I didn’t pick these cities to compare Cary against.  These were picked by the group authoring the Parks Recreation and Cultural Resources Master Plan.  You’d think they would have used at least picked one other community without a municipal pool.  Anyway – the numbers sort of speak for themselves.  Town of Cary continues to stand out amongst its national peers