The Washington Park pool closed in 2019 and has sat empty for years, but Milwaukee County Parks is planning to put a splash pad in its place.
In a committee meeting Tuesday, the parks director was approved to accept a roughly $753,000 grant for the splash pad, with the Milwaukee Parks Foundation matching the grant to bring total funding to about $1.5 million.
The splash pad is still in the planning stages. Milwaukee Parks plans for construction to begin in the summer of 2027 and will be taking community input throughout this summer…