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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">May 16, 2024</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Tammy Miller
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City of Columbia Parks and Recreation announces opening of City Aquatic Facilities</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department is opening three outdoor City pools for the summer:<br /><br />
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<li>Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center, 1900 Blue Ridge Road, will open May 25 and will be open Saturday through Wednesday, noon to 5 p.m. and Thursday and Friday from noon to 7:30 p.m.</li>
<li>Lake of the Woods Pool, 6700 St. Charles Road, will open May 28 and will have hours of Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., and Monday and Wednesday from noon to 7:30 p.m.</li>
<li>Douglass Family Aquatic Center, 400 N. Providence Road, will open May 28 and will have hours of Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 5 p.m., and Wednesday and Friday from noon to 7:30 p.m.</li>
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<br />Pool schedules are subject to change based on staff availability. Schedules are updated online at CoMo.gov.<br /><br />All three outdoor pools will also host a number of water fitness classes, swim lessons and lap swimming, due to the temporary closure of the Water Zone at the Activity & Recreation Center (ARC). The ARC Water Zone will be closed May 28 through Sept. 1 to allow for the replacement of the water play structure, the aggregate flooring that surrounds the structure and a variety of other maintenance improvements. The ARC Water Zone is scheduled to reopen Sept. 3.<br /><br />The swimming beach at Stephens Lake and spraygrounds at Stephens Lake Park, Flat Branch Park and Douglass Park opened May 1 and will remain open through Sept. 30.<br /><br />For more information, call Parks and Recreation at 573.874.7460.</div>
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