The men’s showers will be unavailable from Sunday, Aug 23 through Tuesday, Aug 25 for some sealing work to be done on the grout. The sealer needs to be applied to a dry surface and remain dry for 24 hrs after the application for proper performance. Showers will be available in the Youth locker room during this time.

This spring, weather permitting, two outdoor Pickleball Courts will be constructed in the Davis Outdoor Recreation Area just east of Pavilion 3. This project has been in the works for 2 years getting all balled up in the permit process. Thanks to a generous donation from a friend of the Y, the courts will enable expanded Pickleball opportunities for an ever growing following and provide alternatives when other programming requires the gym space. Watch for constuction to begin as soon as the ground dries out a bit this spring. The project should be ready for use by mid summer.

UPDATE – August 17

Just checked in and they are ready to roll on Monday, assuming the weather cooperates. All the heavy lifting is expected to take a couple weeks. Once the excavation is complete and the asphalt surface laid, it will need to “cure” about 30 days before it can be lined. During this time, crews will be installing fencing and we’ll try and get some landscaping done.

UPDATE – JULY 2, 2026

Site Technology has us scheduled beginning the week of August 24!

UPDATE – May 1, 2026

We had a start date of May 4th for construction to begin, but recent rains is forcing us to postpone the start date a bit. We should be in a better position to pick a new date next week.

UPDATE – June 17

We missed the deadline for starting the project and getting the heavy equipment moved out of there before Day Camp started. All this due to a very wet month of May. Regretfully, the project will have to be pushed to late August. With a little luck, though, there will be an opportunity to get some outdoor play in  by late September and into October before the cold weather returns.

LAP POOL CLARITY

Water clarity in the lap pool has been an ongoing problem since the facility opened 20+ years ago. Cosmetics, lotions and body oils contribute to the less than pristine conditions. We partnered with an Aquatics Engineering firm out of Madison Wisconsin about a year ago to determine how to fix it. After thorough study, testing and calulations, it was determined that the pool design and filter flow rates were incorrect based on the capacity and expected bather load. Several recommendations were attempted to see if it made any difference, but none proved successful. While the water chemistry is perfectly fine, the only alternative to improve clarity is to replace the existing filter favoring a higher capacity and flow rate than the existing sand filter.

The filter chosen is a state of the art regenerative filter design that uses perlite instead of sand. The backwash cycle uses a fraction of the water that a typical sand filter uses. In late January, 2026, the Ohio Department of Health approved the design and production of the equipment which is expected to take 6-8 weeks. An installation date will be chose to minimize the impact to class participants, lap swimmers and swim lessons. Cost of this project is approximately $100,000. Here’s a link to learn more.

UPDATE – July 2, 2026

Filter istallation is scheduled  beginning August 24

UPDATE – May 1, 2026

Due to a multitude of conflicts with programming, the install of the filter has been delayed until late August when we normally shut down the pools for repair and cleaning.

UPDATE – March 12, 2026

The new filter and related components are officially on site. In an effort to minimize the disruption for swim lessons and other activities, the installation timeframe will be after Labor Day and before Day Camp begins in early June during the time where the outdoor pool is open. We’ll announce more detailed information later this spring. This filter project will cost about $100,000 when all is said and done.