Pool Season Kicks Off In Dearborn With New Water Slides

DEARBORN, MI — Dearborn’s outdoor pool season is coming up. Beginning Saturday, May 26, pools across the city will open with a splash. Particularly, the opening of Dunworth Pools, which will introduce two new water slides.

Dunworth Pool will offer open swimming weekdays from 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 12-6 p.m. through June 14. Swimmers are in for treat at Dunworth as they discover the new water slides, which empty into what had been the diving well and are tied together by a 14-foot launch tower. Each slide runs more than 100 feet. One of the slides is open and the other is enclosed.

More pool news
Ten Eyck Pool will open June 15, featuring open swimming daily from 1-6 p.m.
Beginning June 16, Lapeer and Summer-Stephens will open, also offering open swimming daily from 1-6 p.m.

At Ford Woods Park, construction of a modern, more expansive pool is underway, but the facility will not open until the summer of 2019.

Dunworth Pool will host the prestigious U.S.S. Swim Meet June 15-17, and will not have open swimming these three days. Spectators, however, are welcome. Starting June 18, Dunworth Pool will feature open swimming weekdays from 1-8 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 12-8 p.m.

Lapeer, Summer-Stephens and Ten Eyck Pools are scheduled to close for the summer August 12 at 6 p.m.

All swimmers must either pay a daily admission fee or purchase a seasonal pool tag.

Cost of pool entry
The daily admission fee is $11 for Dearborn residents (proof of residency is required) and $14 for non-residents at Dunworth and $10 for residents and $13 for non-residents at the other outdoor pools.

Pool tags, good for admission to any of the outdoor pools during the 2017 summer pool season, are available for purchase at the service desk of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center weekdays from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Six types of swim tags are available. Infants under age two are free.

• Preschool, $35. Parents must present a copy of the child’s birth certificate and proof of residency.
• Youth (ages 17 and under), $55. Must present school-issued ID card.
• Adult (ages 18-59), $65. Must present proof of residency.
• Senior (ages 60 and over), $55. Must present proof of residency.
• Family (both parents and all children under the age of 18), $135. Proof of residency for parents and birth certificate(s) for children are required.
• Non-Resident, $120.

Pool tags must be sewn on the swim suits or towels prior to admittance. Pool tags are good for admittance to the outdoor pools only; not the indoor pools at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center.

For more information, call (313) 943-2328.

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