They are saying sometime in July the pool will be open. Don't know what the price for Water Aerobics will be. Don't know how many instructors there will be or the time of classes will be. Hopefully we won't have to share with lap swimmers or people wanting to do their own thing!
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Prices vary from $20-$350, depending on single or family, monthly or yearly, and other factors. Go to city page or email Barbara for moreinfo. https://apm.activecommunities.com/longviewpard/Membership
Official "We have had our preconstruction meeting with Sunbelt pools and the new gutter system is being constructed off site. Once it is near complete, sunbelt will come out and demo the existing gutter system and install the new one. We anticipate this to happen in the next couple of months."
Have not heard anything official lately. Heard it could be a couple of months before work starts. If anyone knows anything, please comment!!!
The paperwork is almost finished. Once all the t's are crossed and the i's dotted, Sun Belt will start work on the pool.
The city council voted to spend over $400,000 to repair PMJ pool! The parks director said it would take 6 months, but he thinks it may not be that long! But they will have to tear up some cement to get to pipes and might find some surprises. Fingers crossed, they don't.
Going to city council meeting tomorrow night. Hope to hear when they vote to repair the pool. Hope I can find kind of time line of when the pool is expected to be open. I have heard several things from a couple of months to next fall! Will post tomorrow, hopefully all good stuff.
Reminder-I am going to China King for Christmas lunch at 12:30. If anyone that is not cooking and wants to join me, I would be happy to be with friends and strangers! I am not reserving a table because I have no idea how many might join me. So please comment if you plan to come.
Who wants to go eat at China King for Christmas lunch? I will be there at 12:30, and hope anyone that wants to go will join me. If you do not want to east alone, or don't want to cook, I look forward to seeing you! Even if I don't know you, I never meet a stranger!
12/18/2025
Part of newspaper article in today's newspaper. From what I have been told the pool will be fixed!
" One of those projects received support from two women who use the pool at the Paula Martin Jones Recreation Center. The pool has been closed for sometime because it needs repairs. “This is the only affordable pool in Longview, and I really need it,” Longview resident Barbara McDaniel told the council. “It’s a great pool.” She said it keeps her out of a nursing home and out of hospitals. “I hope to make it to 100 when it’s fixed,” she said. She and Marge Litterski, who also addressed the council, called for swim classes for children to be held there. They also lamented that water aerobics haven’t been offered there since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. “I miss all our classes,” said Litterski, who also talked about how the pool helps her deal with health issues. The city previously spent $80,000 to replace the pool liner but then in 2024 discovered there was a leak that was causing the liner to bubble up. “Once we actually did get the liner installed, the underdrains failed,” McPhee told the City Council. The city expects the repairs to cost $417,000, according to information McPhee presented."
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Longview council considers using reserves for various one-time projects - Longview News-Journal The city of Longview is poised to take almost $2.7 million from its unallocated reserves to tackle six projects to repair city facilities, save the city money and provide funding for other projects. Repairs to the indoor pool at the Paula Martin Jones Recreation Center and construction of a fuel sta...
Reminder-This Thursday December 11, at 5:30 at City Hall. We need to have a standing room only crowd, We need the lobby full of supporters. I hope to have a clipboard for people to sign and give contact info, if they want. I think they limit the amount of people who can speak on a topic and limit them to 2 minutes.
The agenda for our pool is:
discussion item B -presentation of proposed one-time expenditure projects – Rolin McPhee, City Manager.
Please, we want our pool repaired and managed properly. Come help and bring friends and anyone else. Share to your page.
Put it on your calendar!!! and please come!!!!City Council Meeting December 11 at 5:30. They will be discussing one-time expenditures and PMJ is on that list! We need standing room only. Tell your friends and anyone you can think of to attend. We need to show them how important the pool is to us and our health!
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