Malvern Hills Pool Supporters,
Asheville City Council will vote today to enter into a design contract for Malvern Hills Pool. This is what our community worked so hard for -- thank you for your efforts!
However, according to a staff report, the timeline for the design and reconstruction of Malvern Hills Pool will not be complete until Fall of 2027. This is unacceptable.
Malvern Hills Pool is a much-needed community resource. Due to poor maintenance and lack of capital funds, it was allowed to fall into disrepair. As a community, we rallied around this pool and voted to approve an additional $5 million in GO Bond funds for Parks and Recreation so that this beloved community pool could be rebuilt and serve Asheville's citizens for another 90 years.
Now, we need to raise our voices once more and tell City Council we would like to see Malvern Hills Pool reopen by June 1, 2027.
The community clearly expressed a shared vision in the Parks and Recreation online survey: keep the pool as is, with the same dimensions and deep end, and get it rebuilt. We aren't asking for bells and whistles. We just want a safe pool for our kids to swim in!
Staff Report:
● The design team led by Clark Nexsen from Asheville was selected as the most qualified to provide design services.
● The scope for this design contract includes: planning, budgeting, designing, a public meeting attendance and preparing construction documents for a new pool and repairing associated buildings to meet current building code, safety standards and a fully accessible facility.
● Anticipated schedule is for design to start Summer 2025 with design wrapping up in Mid- 2026.
Construction is anticipated to begin in the Summer 2026 and be complete by Fall 2027.
● Staff is proposing to use a Construction Manager at Risk project delivery method in order to expedite the construction start date and will continue to look for ways to expedite project delivery.
Please, email City Council. They need to know that the community is paying attention.
Thanks,
Sally and the Rebuild Team