DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now The city of Marble Falls swimming pool at Lakeside Park, 305 Buena Vista Drive, is scheduled to operate from June to August this year. Because of an unforeseen shortage in chlorine in the United States, some Highland Lakes officials are searching for enough chlorine to keep pools open throughout the summer. Staff photo by Brigid Cooley
City officials in Meadowlakes and Marble Falls are discussing pool maintenance as the effects of a nationwide chlorine shortage reach the Highland Lakes. Sold in tablet and liquid form, chlorine acts as a pool disinfectant while also killing algae and maintaining a healthy pH balance for the water.
Marble Falls seeks solutions for algae-filled lakeside wading pools Four wading pools drawing social media criticism for being consistently too dirty to actually wade in might be in for some improvements. The pools are at Lakeside Park, 305 Buena Vista Drive in Marble Falls. Staff photo by Brigid Cooley
Improvements are being made to keep dirty wading pools cleaner at Lakeside Park in Marble Falls, including the purchase of a vacuum attachment for the city’s power washer, members of the Parks and Recreation Commission learned at their regular meeting May 3.
“This is our first spring to really be open, and I know there were some comments from the community, so I want to let you know what we’re doing,” Parks and Recreation Director Lacey Dingman told commissioners about the four, 2-foot-deep pools located along the beach area of the park at 305 Buena Vista Drive.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Elevate Church is hosting its annual Spring Break skateboarding event at Fall Creek Skatepark on March 16. The city of Marble Falls will screen a movie at Johnson Park on March 19 in a scaled-down Spring Break this year. File photo
Spring Break is making a small comeback in Marble Falls. Canceled last year, the city will have at least one activity for students during the school holiday, which is March 15-19.
UPDATE: The city will screen the animated family-friendly movie “The Croods” at 7:45 p.m. Friday, March 19, at Johnson Park, 230 Avenue J South, said Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Director Lacey Dingman at a parks and recreation commission meeting March 1.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Avery Wing (left) and Stella Evans enjoy an evening at the Marble Falls ice skating rink. Staff photo by Daniel Clifton
The Marble Falls Walkway of Lights concluded its 30th year with big numbers. The Christmas lights display, which closed Jan. 2, drew approximately 44,100 visitors in 2020 to Lakeside Park, a 98 percent increase over the number of visitors in 2019.
The data came from a mobile phone study for Lakeside Park.
“The 30th anniversary went better than expected,” said Mindy Miller, events coordinator for the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce. “I think, at times, we were overwhelmed with the crowds, in a good way. It was kind of like, ‘Oh, my gosh, where is everybody coming from?’ I think the ice skating contributed a lot to the success, too. The way we worked