JAMESTOWN, N.C. — Unlike the weather over the Memorial Day weekend, things are heating up at City Lake Park in Jamestown.
The brand-new Pool will reopen for the first time in nearly four years.
Built-in the 1930s, the original pool was one of the largest in the southeast.
In addition to the new lap pool, there is a new splash pad, a leisure pool for the kiddos, new water slides, and my favorite a new lazy river.
The pool lobby, restrooms, and changing rooms were all modernized.
The old gym was transformed into a meeting and event center.
Colton Marble is the Special Facilities Manager for the City of High Point.
He says a lot of work went into planning the new pools while trying to maintain its small-town feel.
"There's a lot of that familiarity if you come back. It's not going to be like 'Woah, what is this place?' It's going to be like 'Wow! I see they've upgraded. So, it's still going to have that familiarity but it's going to look a lot different, we're excited," said Marble.
Over the last couple of summers -- some pools were forced to close because of a lifeguard shortage.
Others were able to shift around lifeguards and managers to stay afloat.
This year Greensboro and Winston-Salem pools are fully staffed.
Marble says High Point is always hiring but they are staffed and will be ready to make a splash this Memorial Day weekend.
"We have a couple of vacancies still but we had that built into our numbers so I think we'll be fine. I definitely don't envision that we will have to close this section or this pool won't be able to open," said Marble.
The city lake pool renovation was part of a bond referendum that totaled nearly $10 million.
The Pools at City Lake Park will be open this weekend and every day starting June 3rd.