Canyon and Amarillo pools looking to open for Memorial Day, positions available
VIDEO: Canyon and Amarillo pools looking to open for Memorial Day, positions available By Tamlyn Cochran | April 7, 2021 at 4:13 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 6:26 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo Parks and Recreation are looking to hire for this coming summer.
Temperatures are warming and pool time is approaching with Canyon and Amarillo saying today they are ready to kick off the season at the end of May.
Canyon’s opening day will be May 29 and Amarillo’s will be two days later on Memorial Day.
The Canyon Aqua Park will have two sessions per day with an hour between them for sanitizing.
Thompson park pool on schedule to open Memorial day with state of art features
VIDEO: Thompson park pool on schedule to open Memorial day with state of art features By Vania Patino | January 19, 2021 at 9:33 PM CST - Updated January 19 at 10:30 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Although it started with the need to replace an old pool, what they are putting in, is really more of an aquatic style facility.
The Director says these types of parks are popping up across the nation and Amarillo is not being left behind.
“We have designed in a volleyball area so there is actually a more active area where you can play water volleyball or water basketball, so we also have basketball,” said Michael Kashuba, director for the City of Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department “And it is obviously accessible to everybody in our community to it does meet all of our ADA requirements.”