Excitement and anticipation ruled the "waves" as thousands of kids and their parents visited city pools this week to celebrate the opening of all six pools for the first time in two years. Nearly 2,500 people showed up to swim on Monday.
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Thousands of residents are expected to weather this week's heat and humidity the same way hundreds of kids and their parents did Monday -- by making a splash at the city's public pools.
The city opened all six of its park pools for the first time in two years, including the refurbished facilities at Campau, Highland and Lincoln parks. Only Richmond, Martin Luther King Jr. and Briggs parks offered swimming last year because of budget woes.
"All six pools were at capacity at one time or another during the day," Aquatics Coordinator Sara Godwin said today.
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