Pool Closure at EPIC 7/29-9/13
The pool at Edora Pool Ice Center (EPIC) will be closed for replacement of the HVAC system from Monday, July 29-Friday, September 13. The pool will reopen with regular operating hours on Saturday, September 14. The ice rinks are available during construction.
Please consider visiting another recreation facility during this time. All facility hours can be viewed online at fcgov.com/recreation/facililty-hours.
Railroad Work Impacting Northside Aztlan 7/29-8/5
The Willow Street railroad crossing and its immediate vicinity on Willow Street, located west of Northside Aztland Community Center, will be closed for replacement work beginning Monday, July 29. To access Northside Aztlan Community Center during the closure, take Linden Street via Vine Drive or Jefferson Street to reach Willow Street from the east. Work is expected to be completed by Monday, 8/5.
Pooch Plunge#
While the annual doggy swim was a popular event, environmental considerations, as well as several safety factors, made the event less manageable to hold each year.
To host the Pooch Plunge, there were several factors to consider:
- Approximately 500,000 gallons of water were used for the event.
- Because of the time needed to prepare the pool, swimming days for the community were cut short.
- The event brings a considerable amount of wear and tear to the pool systems (facility filters must be removed and the drains covered due to dog hair). These systems are expensive to maintain and repair.
- During the event, pool filtering systems cannot run, which can create public health concerns to individuals that enter the pool.
- Many staff hours were required to plan, market, execute, and then clean up after the event each year. Recreation has struggled to adequately staff facilities for regularly scheduled programming in recent years.
- The ongoing request for an extended swim season has been a high priority for Recreation staff, as City Park Pool is the only outdoor public pool, and hot temperatures remain well into August each year.
For these reasons, Pooch Plunge is no longer held at City Park Pool.
City Park Pool now offers an extended swim season, staying open for public swimming through Labor Day.