For Immediate Release
Parks Offers Night Swimming, Cooling Centers
As the National Weather Service's Heat Advisory continues through Saturday evening, the Springfield-Greene County Park Board is offering extended outdoor pool hours, including swimming until 10 p.m. Saturday night at Fassnight Pool.
Splash n' Sizzle Weekends already planned for July offer extended pool hours with admission for $1 or one canned food item donation. Splash n' Sizzle locations, days and hours include:
Fridays in July
- Grant Beach Pool, 1300 N. Grant Ave., 5:30 - 8 p.m.
- Westport Pool, 3100 W. Mt Vernon St., 5:30 - 8 p.m.
- Silver Springs Pool, 1100 N. Hampton Ave., 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Saturdays in July
- Fassnight Pool, 1300 S. Campbell Ave., 5:30 - 10 p.m.
- Meador Pool, 2500 S. Fremont Ave., 5:30 - 8 p.m.
- Grant Beach Pool, 1300 N. Grant Ave., 5:30 - 8 p.m.
- Westport Pool, 3100 W. Mt Vernon St., 5:30 - 8 p.m.
- Silver Springs Pool, 1100 N. Hampton Ave., 5:30 - 8 p.m.
All outdoor pools are also open normal hours Thursday through Sunday, 1-6:30 p.m. Maintenance days are staggered Monday through Wednesday. A well schedule is posted at parkboard.org/aquatics.
Normal admission is $2.75 adults, $2.25 kids 17 and under. After 5:30 p.m. admission to all pools drops to $1 or a canned food item. All food collected goes to Ozarks Food Harvest.
Those needing a break from the heat are welcome to spend time in free cooling centers available during regular business hours during Heat Advisories, at:
Chesterfield Family Center lobby
- 2511 W. Republic Road, 417-891-1616
- 5 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday
- 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday
Doling Family Center lobby
- 310 E. Talmage St., 471-837-5900
- 5 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday
- 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday
Mediacom Ice Park upper and lower lobby
- 635 E. Trafficway, 417-866-7444
- 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday
- 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday
Seating is available at all three locations.
For media inquiries, call Jenny Fillmer Edwards, Public Information Administrator for the Springfield-Greene County Park Board, at 417-874-2176 or 417-224-5510.