Grand Reopening Celebration Planned For Meadowhill Aquatic Center In Northbrook

NORTHBROOK, IL — Nearly one year ago, a major renovation project began at the Meadowhill Aquatic Center. Now, the Northbrook Park District is inviting the public to a grand reopening and ribbon-cutting ceremony, running from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at 1501 Maple Ave.

Members of the park district's board of commissioners, staff members and local legislators will be in attendance.

The construction project began in August 2024 after the pool closed for the regular season. Funding included a $600,000 Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Patch reported at the time that the price tag on the project is $3.56 million.

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The grant is part of the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development program, which is administered by the IDNR.

Officials said the MAC project is "designed to upgrade the existing facility with both visible and behind-the-scenes improvements to the bathhouse and mechanicals." NPD received community input about the proposed work during an open house in the summer of 2023.

According to officials, the project's exterior improvements include the effective doubling of shaded areas on the pool deck, refreshed locker rooms with two new family changing rooms, and a new lobby configuration with direct access to the pool area. It also features extensive upgrades to the mechanical equipment that pumps, filters and circulates the pool water.

Meadowhill Aquatic Center reopened last week with regular hours. The facility's amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, diving boards, lap lanes, water slides and a zero-depth children’s play area with a spruced-up Wally, the blue whale whose new name was chosen by the community last month. For more information, visit nbparks.org/programs/pools.