LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The swimming months are here and as kids across Kentucky and southern Indiana are starting their summer break, you may be looking for places to beat the heat.
In the Louisville Metro, public pool access is limited as two of the four locations are currently under renovations.
At Fairdale Pool, a line of people were waiting to enter once they opened the door. It's one of the public pools currently open this year.
Public pools offer inexpensive admission and swimming lessons to multiple families. Bethany Darrall, the supervisor of aquatics programs at Louisville Parks and Recreation, said she's glad they can offer swimming lessons to the youth.
"The safer your children are around water and to know their limitations the better off they are going to be," Darrall said.
These pools also benefit other families that don't live in the metro. Shepherdsville resident Pamela Arnold frequently takes her daughter and grandkids to the Fairdale Pool two days in a row.
"It only takes us 12 to 15 minutes to get here and I love this swimming pool," Arnold said.
As families face limited options in public pools, Mayor Craig Greenberg said the city is committed to having more public pools open beginning next summer.
As of this year, the only other options families have to attend a pool are at private clubs or Kentucky Kingdom.
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"We have partnerships with other organizations like the YMCA," Greenberg said. "Some of them certainly do charge, but they have programs that are available for kids that we encourage families to enjoy as well."
While Fairdale and Sun Valley Pools serve the community Jason Canuel, the director of Louisville Parks and Recreations, said the changes coming to the other two locations will include amenities from public input.
"The pools we are going to be replacing, Algonquin and Camp Taylor, have additional options as far as recreation," Canuel said. "Like climbing walls, slides, a zero depth entry pool to meet the needs of small kids, older adults, adults with disabilities."
If you're a family that doesn't live near an operating public pool there are other alternatives across the metro. Greenberg encouraged people to visit the various splash pads at local parks like Waterfront Park.
Fairdale Pool has already met maximum occupancy this weekend and expect to stay busy this summer.
"I think with those facilities being closed we probably will see a little more people coming from outside of this particular community," Darrall said.
For the families holding their breath for these changes, the city is diving into these next phases and are hopeful all pools will be open by Memorial Day next year.
The city will host a ground breaking ceremony tomorrow at the Camp Taylor Pool where they expect to release more information on upcoming changes.
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