Get in the know
Don't let us remember this time as the moment we jeopardize generations of culture in exchange for a swimming pool.
This page is meant to inform and educate the community about upcoming changes to SPJST Lodge 88 in the Heights. For more information on the Lodge and how to become a member click here.
BACKGROUND
How can a pool stir up so much so much controversy? Watch below a piece of investigative journalism funded by concerned Lodge 88 members who have looked further into the current pool proposal and the harm is can cause to Lodge 88 if it were to pass.
The Hijack in the Heights
Click2Houston News Coverage
Discrimination in the Heights?
Inform yourself on the new proposed pool in the Heights and spread the word.
FURTHER READING
Read up on local news coverage, and also make sure to check out our article in the VĚSTNÍK below.
Calling all lodge members: Should pool proposal sink or swim?
December 5, 2018
Pool debate dividing Heights community group
December 10, 2018
CONCERNS VOICED IN THE VĚSTNÍK
A pool at SPJST Lodge 88 would surely revive this landmark institution, but we cannot build it as an exclusive country club.
Lodge 88, Houston is bringing back the swimming pool! For nearly three decades, Lodge 88 had a pool – and many of you grew up there or raised your children there. The original Lodge 88 pool was open to all members for a usage fee, and it was instrumental in recruiting our membership base to 10,000-plus lodge members (more than double what it is today)... (Continued in the VĚSTNÍK pages 9-11)