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San Antonio council names West Side pool for community advocate Atanasio García
Summary
The Council voted to name the West Side Olympic-size pool the Atanasio García Natatorio after residents and family members recounted García's decades of local advocacy leading to the pool’s construction and community benefits.
The San Antonio City Council voted March 20 to name the West Side Olympic-size swimming facility the Atanasio García Natatorio following public remarks from family members and neighborhood advocates.
Speakers described Atanasio García as a longtime West Side organizer who in the 1960s and 1970s championed a neighborhood pool so local children could learn to swim, compete and pursue opportunities the speakers said were otherwise out of…
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