Wednesday, July 31
Baltimore City Pools to Stay Open through Labor Day
City Pools to Remain Open Through Labor Day
BALTIMORE
(July 31, 2013)— For families in Baltimore, one of the best ways to cool
off during the summer is at one of our pools. Baltimore City Recreation and
Parks (BCRP) is pleased to announce that all pools will remain open until Labor
Day, Monday, September 2. This is an additional three weeks of swimming fun!
Pools were originally slated to close on August 11.
This has
been a banner year for the Aquatics Division which has worked hard to expand
operations and programming. Residents have taken advantage of new programs such
as Camp Variety for kids and adults with disabilities, Early Bird Swim, Kayak
Roll Clinics and After Hours Swim.
“Our goal
is to provide the community with safe, engaging swim experiences,” said Ernest
Burkeen, BCRP director. “In addition to open swim we offer swim lessons, water
aerobics and movies every Friday at Druid Hill Park Pool. By expanding
operations we have already seen an increase of approximately 20,000 users over
2012.”
In
2011and 2012, only Druid Hill and Patterson Park pools opened Memorial Weekend.
This year all pools have been opened since May 25. BCRP also opened a new model
splash pad at Solo Gibbs in May that marks an innovative direction for
Baltimore aquatics toward more engaging, cleaner, safer facilities. They are
also cost effective which is needed during challenging economic times.
So far
this season BCRP’s Aquatics Division has extended daily pool operations by two
hours four times due to Code Red heat conditions.
For more information
about aquatic programs and pool hours, please call 410-396-3838.
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