Beat the heat this summer at a wading pool, spray park or outdoor pool

What better way to beat the heat than by visiting one of Calgary’s many wading pools, spray parks and outdoor pools?

Variety Spray Park rendering.

City spray parks and wading pools are now open at:

• Eau Claire Plaza, 
• Valley View Park, 
• Prairie Winds Park, and
• Riley Park. 

Several more are scheduled to open in early July.
  
The newly developed Variety Spray Park in South Glenmore Park, is tentatively scheduled to open July 19. The spray park has been undergoing major redevelopment.

Get out there and have fun

New features include an interactive spray park, picnic tables and enhanced landscaping. Updated mechanical equipment and a new water treatment system greatly improve the spray park’s efficiency. The redevelopment is funded by the Community Investment Fund, created by Council in 2011 to help fund community improvement projects.

The Calgary Outdoor Swimming Pool Association (COSPA) opened its pools this past weekend. COSPA manages seven community-run pools throughout Calgary, including the newly restored Stanley Park Outdoor Pool.

Silver Springs Outdoor Pool to be redeveloped

Silver Springs Outdoor Pool will open this month but will be closed in 2016 for redevelopment. After extensive community engagement, we have committed funds to redevelop the existing pool basin, which has served the community since 1974.

Additional funding is also available thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Silver Springs Outdoor Pool Fundraising Foundation. The pool will reopen in 2017.

Submitted by the Communications Team, Recreation