Watch: Macy's Store Transforms Into Aquatics Center

Aug 20, 2021

Two years ago, Henrico County, NOVA of Virginia Aquatics and Regency Square joined forces to create a state-of-the-art aquatics center in an old Macy’s building. A place where swim teams could compete and Henrico County Public Schools students could learn to swim. That vision evolved into the NOVA Aquatics Center at Regency. County leaders toured the facility on July 16, which is slated to open this month. Check out the video below to see the transformation from department store to natatorium.

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Exterior Staircase Connects West Hollywood Park’s Greenspace to Its Pools

Two lifeguards watch over swimmers at the Douglass Park pool in June 2022 in Indianapolis, which suffered a lifeguard shortage last year. Many states and cities suffering similar shortages have made major changes in how they train, recruit and compensate lifeguards.

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Designing an Aquatics Facility to Maximize Programming Flexibility

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Texas Waterpark Temporarily Closes After 4-Year-Old Drowns

Exterior Staircase Connects West Hollywood Park’s Greenspace to Its Pools

Staircases are a common means of connecting venue levels, but the grand stair at the West Hollywood Park Aquatic and Recreation Center takes the concept to atypical literal and figurative heights.

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Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training (FAST)

Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training provides elite training with the goal of producing the next generation of champion swimmers.

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2023 Facilities of Merit Winner: West Hollywood Aquatic & Recreation Center

The West Hollywood Aquatic & Recreation Center (ARC) is the final phase of a masterplan for the park and community buildings at West Hollywood Park. The main goal of the project wasto create a state-of-the-art community recreation and aquatic facility...

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Cities Boost Wages, Embrace 'Culture Change' to Beat Lifeguard Shortage

Lifeguard shortages closed thousands of pools and beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing requirements disrupted training and rising wages lured some workers to other summer jobs.

Two lifeguards watch over swimmers at the Douglass Park pool in June 2022 in Indianapolis, which suffered a lifeguard shortage last year. Many states and cities suffering similar shortages have made major changes in how they train, recruit and compensate lifeguards.

Designing an Aquatics Facility to Maximize Programming Flexibility

When the City of Sedalia, Mo., began designing the aquatics components of what would become the 92,000-square-foot Heckart Community Center, plans called for a leisure pool, a competition pool and a whirlpool. But then local school district officials...

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Texas Waterpark Temporarily Closes After 4-Year-Old Drowns

A waterpark in Stephenville, Texas, was closed Sunday, one day after a 4-year-old child drowned at the park.

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City in Minnesota Gathers Funding to Fix Pool Leaking 18,000 Gallons a Day

Officials in a Minnesota city have gathered funds to fix a community pool that's leaking thousands of gallons of water per day...

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Lifeguards Use AED, CPR to Save Man Who Suffered Heart Attack While Swimming

An avid swimmer and volunteer adult Scout leader in Kentucky was saved by lifeguards using an AED and CPR after he suffered a heart attack while swimming earlier this month.

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Two Contracted Astrovirus After Visiting Iowa Splash Pad, Parent Says

An Iowa mother said her son, as well as a friend, had contracted an astrovirus infection after playing at a local splash pad.

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In Third Year of Lifeguard Shortage in U.S., Half of Nation's Pools May Have to Reduce Hours, Close This Summer

Many schools across the United States have started summer break already, but the nation's youth might not be able to take to community swimming pools as the third year of the lifeguard shortage continues.

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As summer approaches, many cities are turning to bonus incentives to help fill lifeguard positions and keep swimmers safe at public pools.

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Fort Wayne Natatorium Installs New AI-Powered Drowning Prevention System

The 40,000-square-foot Hellen P. Brown Natatorium in Fort Wayne, Ind., has invested in a new drowning prevention system.

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