I’ve written before about the Whitewater Aquatic Center, and its impressive financial turnaround. See, A Whitewater Success Story: The Whitewater Aquatic Center. That positive news continues, and a story at Walworth County Today notes that the WAC has successfully erased past deficits —
The aquatic center opened in 2001 and was operated by Mercy Health System for more than five years. The board of directors assumed control in 2009 and has since steadily restructured spending to chip away at the deficit.
In 2008, the center was losing about $250,000 annually. Shortly after management changed hands, that decreased to $100,000.
Last year’s deficit was a far-smaller $10,000, with better news expected for this year.
It’s hard to over-estimate this accomplishment: local control has brought an astonishing turnaround. Even more impressive, all this was accomplished during the most difficult economic and financial conditions America’s faced in generations.
Whitewater’s had her share of successes, surely, but this one stands out as particularly impressive.
This is a good story, and I think it’s impossible to hear of it without smiling.
See, President: Whitewater Aquatic Center costs have dramatically decreased.