ABOVE: Danville City Engineer Sam Cole and Director of Public Works David Ruwe discuss progress on the “Danville Aquatics Center at Garfield Park” during Tuesday evening’s Danville City Council Public Services Committee meeting.
Danville’s new Garfield Park Pool, now being renamed as the “Danville Aquatics Center at Garfield Park,” will now hopefully be opening right at the end of May on the 31st. During Tuesday evening’s Danville City Council Public Services Committee meeting, City Engineer Sam Cole said yes, it’s very challenging putting all the pieces in place down the stretch. But they WILL get there.
AUDIO: A lot left to do; a lot of things coming together at the end. And we’ve got a brand new city crew and lifeguard team to train as well, and a brand new facility for us. So, we’re hopeful we’re going to be ready to open the doors then, but it may be a bit longer.
Public Services Director David Ruwe says one thing for sure; the city is putting together a great team. He specifically cited Health and Wellness Manager Jessica Lively.
AUDIO: She’ll be over the entire aquatics center as a whole. The office staff, lifeguards, everything; she’s in charge of hiring and all that. And she’ll also be, after this pool season, she’ll be kind of getting into working on getting some events back into our parks.
The Public Services Committee passed on to the full council Ruwe’s proposal of having an $8 daily pass for those four and older for the first year, residents and non-residents. Those three and under will get in for free, and a 10 visit punch pass for $70 will be available as well.
