Narrow windows mark where the swimming pool is located inside the Teen Learning Center. The building, used as an armory by the Tennessee National Guard decades ago, is being considered as a potential Cleveland competition swimming site.CLEVELAND, Tenn. – A proposed community swim center could be taken up Wednesday by the Cleveland Board of Education.
Cleveland High School swim coach Tim Davis said Monday that Lee University and a private physical therapy company have agreed to pay to use the center, providing a revenue stream.
His proposed sites are either the former Tennessee National Guard property downtown behind the Teen Learning Center or the vacant, former American Uniform property on Parker Street.
Swim competitions could be held here several times a year, he said, attracting 200 or more competitors, parents and others to each event. He said Lee has sent a letter of intent for swim classes and allowing students to buy swim passes for hours the center would not otherwise be used.
Davis said he wants school board approval to take the project to the Cleveland City Council before the fiscal year 2011-12 budget is decided. Otherwise the project will be delayed a year, he said.