TENNESSEE STATE PARKS IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S INPUT REGARDING REPLACEMENT OPTIONS FOR THE SWIMMING POOL CURRENTLY AT THE DAVID CROCKETT PARK. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, PARK OFFICALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THE SWIMMING POOL WILL NOT REOPEN. THE SWIMMING POOL WAS CLOSED IN 2020 AND 2021 DUE TO COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO COVID-19. REOPENING THE POOL IS UNFEASIBLE DUE TO AGING FACILITIES, DECLINING VISITATION PRE-COVID 19 AND HIGH EXPENSES. TENNESSEE STATE PARKS HAS ALLOCATED $400,000 FOR THE PARK TO INVEST IN NEW OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES. STATE PARKS OFFICIALS ENCOURAGE TENNESSEANS TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE, YEAR-ROUND OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPERATIONS AT THE PARK. THE FUNDS FOR THE PARK WILL GO TO OPTIONS THAT CAN BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE SWIMMING POOL, IN CONTRAST, OPERATED ONLY 70 DAYS EACH YEAR.
VISITATION AT THE POOL IS DOWN 49 PERCENT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
THE MEETING ON DEC. 16 WILL BE 5:30-6:30 P.M. AT THE PARK RESTAURANT, 1400 WEST GAINES, LAWRENCEBURG 38464. ANYONE MAY ATTEND.
TN STATE PARKS
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