That not only left a summertime void for many residents in and beyond the Hudson Valley who visit SplashDown, it rendered hundreds of summertime jobs unneeded, and further damaged a local tourism industry already struggling to navigate the pandemic.
For the park’s ownership, it was a summer bereft of income and filled with expenses, as it tried to be ready with safety precautions in place if the state gave the green light to open. We went through an entire season with no revenue compounded with the virus, co-owner Steve Turk said. It was phenomenally hard. It was a scary part of our lives for sure.
SplashDown Beach opens Saturday; what to expect when visiting the park Heather Clark, Poughkeepsie Journal
John Retherford no longer lives in the Hudson Valley.
But, the now-northern New Jersey man said there are still reasons for him to visit the region often. One of those is SplashDown Beach Water Park.
“My 9-year-old son and 24-year-old autistic stepdaughter love going there and missed it last summer,” he said.
Water parks across the state, including the Fishkill site ranked sixth on TripAdvisor s list of the best water parks in the country, were not permitted to open last summer amid COVID-19 restrictions.
That not only left a summertime void for many residents in and beyond the Hudson Valley who visit SplashDown, it rendered hundreds of summertime jobs unneeded, and further damaged a local tourism industry already struggling to navigate the pandemic.
The hours could be better.
No doubt, a lot of people would have trouble coming up with a less desirable occupation than cleaning the oozing, trash-strewn streets of skid row before dawn every weekday morning, a job that requires tiptoeing around syringes and rats. But for the broom brigade that gathers long before the sun rises, it’s work they’re happy to have, because job prospects were somewhat limited.
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Urban Alchemy practitioner Barney Hines Jr., 56, cleans the gutters in L.A. s skid row. He says he lives in a tent on 6th Street and is happy to have this job.
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