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ForestParkReview.com Vol. 106, No. 1
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REVIEW JANUARY 4, 2023
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Park district restructures pool rates; requires online accounts Board approves universal daily admission, lowers pass prices, does away with family passes By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
The Forest Park Aquatic Center will again start admitting non-residents who don’t have seasonal passes when it reopens this summer, ending the ban that was put in place on June 16, 2022. The ban was implemented after “several hundred’ teens responded to a Snapchat party invitation and stormed the pool on the evening of June 15. This was supposed to be a stop-gap measure because the park district had no way to keep track of non-residents, who weren’t required to register with the park district or show IDs. But starting this year, all residents and nonresidents will need to have online accounts, which addresses the issue. Under the system approved during the Dec. 15, 2022 meeting of the park district Board of Commissioners,
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