Friends of +POOL responds to inventor Dong-Ping Wong’s ‘bittersweet’ thoughts on the project
'Friends of +POOL' have issued Archinect with a response to last week’s reporting of concerns raised by Dong-Ping Wong, the project’s inventor and architect. Reacting to news that the long-planned project had received $16 million in city and state funding, Wong described the step as “bittersweet” in a post shared on Instagram before expressing various concerns about the scheme. “+ POOL's record on swim education and swim accessibility for communities of color speaks for itself,” Friends of +POOL Managing Director Kara Meyer said in a statement provided to Archinect. “Friends of + POOL has made DEI a major priority in its policies and programs, which is why it was a centerpiece of both the Governor and the Mayor’s announcements at the Jan 5 press conference.”Responding to Dong-Ping Wong's criticism of "the long-standing lack of diversity of the + POOL board," Gabriel Einsohn, PR Advisor to Friends of +POOL, commented that "four of nine board members are women and people of color." Wh...
'Friends of +POOL' have issued Archinect with a response to last week’s reporting of concerns raised by Dong-Ping Wong, the project’s inventor and architect.
Reacting to news that the long-planned project had received $16 million in city and state funding, Wong described the step as “bittersweet” in a post shared on Instagram before expressing various concerns about the scheme.
“+ POOL's record on swim education and swim accessibility for communities of color speaks for itself,” Friends of +POOL Managing Director Kara Meyer said in a statement provided to Archinect. “Friends of + POOL has made DEI a major priority in its policies and programs, which is why it was a centerpiece of both the Governor and the Mayor’s announcements at the Jan 5 press conference.”
Responding to Dong-Ping Wong's criticism of "the long-standing lack of diversity of the + POOL board," Gabriel Einsohn, PR Advisor to Friends of +POOL, commented that "four of nine board members are women and people of color." Wh...
