While work is underway on a new YMCA facility in Greencastle, plans may be changing to the facility. 
Initial plans for the facility did not include a pool, however, with Greencastle and DePauw University in the running for a Lilly Endowment College and Community Collaboration Initiative grant, officials have had a change of thought. 

In her first council meeting as mayor last week, Greencastle Mayor Lynda Dunbar dropped a nugget that there is a possibility of having a pool at the YMCA and asked the public to turn out to a Community Forum, Jan. 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Inn at DePauw, 2 West Seminary St. 

At the meeting, Dunbar told a surprised crowd that there could be grant money for the project, as the grant leadership team has identified the addition of an indoor pool at the YMCA as one of the projects that may be included in the Lilly Endowment grant proposal. 
The community forum will feature an open house format and those wishing to attend can drop by at any time between 5:30 and 7 p.m. to meet with representatives from Elevatus Architecture, who will be seeking feedback. 

Greencastle Councilman Vincent Aguirre said he had not heard from constituents concerning a pool, but noted he hadn't tried hard to gather feedback because he was under the impression "that ship had sailed." 

"I think it would be a great asset to the community. I do have concerns about having one pool per every 3,333 people in town, but I understand that since DePauw and the high school are not generally open to the public that it doesn't work that way in practice," Aguirre told The Putnam County Post.