The Swimming Divide

Swimming is not only a pleasurable form of recreation, particularly in open bodies of water like Lake Michigan, but it also has multiple benefits for the mind and body. Not all Chicagoans, however, have access to this wilderness of blue that borders our city to the east and south. The sad reality is that nearly half of the children and adults in this city have never learned how to swim and thus have no access to the joys of lake swimming. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/18/opinion-lake-michigan-swimming-chicago/?share=mncam8nlkngamtaih6ow