Valley Pool Together

Who We Are

Valley Pool Together is a community-rooted volunteer organization serving Snoqualmie, North Bend, Fall City, and the surrounding unincorporated communities of King County.  We bring residents, elected officials, public agencies, and local partners together around a shared vision for a new public pool and improved water safety. Our goal is not to build or operate a new pool ourselves.  Instead, we listen deeply, convene openly, and help the community imagine what is possible together.

The Community Need

Si View Pool, the Snoqualmie Valley’s only public pool, has been a gathering place where children have learned to swim and the community has gathered for generations.  The pool was built in the 1930s at the request of the community as a Works Progress Administration project when the city had fewer than 1,000 residents.  Over the decades, it became an essential part of Valley life.

Originally owned and operated by King County, it was threatened with closure in 2001.  Residents organized, advocated, and ultimately voted by an overwhelming 72% to form the Si View Metropolitan Parks District in 2002 so the pool could reopen and remain a public resource for the Valley.  Si View MPD includes the City of North Bend, unincorporated North Bend, and unincorporated Snoqualmie, but over 40% of its current users are out-of-district residents, including residents from the City of Snoqualmie. 

Today, the community’s commitment to swimming and water safety remains as strong as ever, but Si View Pool has not kept pace with the region it serves. The Snoqualmie Valley has grown rapidly and now includes approximately 40,000 residents, a 21% increase since just 2010. The aging facility is simply too small and structurally limited to meet today’s needs. 

For nearly a decade now, residents have consistently identified a replacement for Si View Pool as one of the community’s most important priorities.  Multiple agencies have attempted to address the problem on their own over the past five years, yet the project has remained out of reach.  But the mandate remains clear: a new public pool is a top priority.  

It’s time for a new approach that will finally meet this need.

Regional Cooperation Is Essential

No single jurisdiction in the Snoqualmie Valley can shoulder the full financial, operational, or logistical responsibility of a new public pool alone.  A new public pool is a regional asset that will require regional cooperation.  Finding a mix of public funding from these agencies for a shared regional project will require a collaboration that has not previously existed.  This is the gap Valley Pool Together fills.

Our Key Areas of Work 

Our outreach model prioritizes listening first. We meet residents where they are—at senior centers, parks, schools, libraries, cultural gatherings, and community events—ensuring every voice helps shape the Valley’s future.

1. Deep Community Outreach & Listening

Listening is central to our approach. We provide accessible public events, educational materials, and in-person conversations that meet people where they are and ensure all community members shape the pool planning process. Support helps us expand this inclusive engagement model. 

2. Updated Data Gathering

We are conducting robust data collection to identify community priorities, facility needs, cost expectations, and preferred locations to support building a new public pool.  Support for our statistically valid study allows us to ensure broad participation from a broad cross-section of the Snoqualmie Valley.  This study will be designed in collaboration with the Snoqualmie Valley Aquatics Collaborative, a working group of regional stakeholders in which Valley Pool Together participates.  Results will help shape the work of this group.

3. Water Safety Initiatives

We collaborate with regional partners to expand awareness, skill-building opportunities, and water safety education to help keep local kids, families, and seniors safe now, long before a new pool is built. 

Why Support Matters Now

The Snoqualmie Valley is ready for a new indoor public pool.  After several years of failures by individual municipalities, regional partners are finally ready to come to the table.  But as construction costs continue to rise, that window is closing. Your support now will help those partners collaborate quickly and effectively, while ensuring the process is collaborative, data driven and community led.