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Two St. Louis County pools closed for 2026 season 30%
By Abby Llorico0%
5/26/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Topics: Government Politics And Issues
Keywords: St Louis County, North St Louis County
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No diving, running or swimming at two St.
Louis County pools this summer.
The summer swim season is underway without St.
Vincent Community or Kennedy Recreation Centers opening their pools.
The county council passed an annual budget nearly $50 million short of the amount St.
Louis County Executive Sam Page had requested.
Page announced earlier this year that a slimmed-down budget required cutbacks like this for the parks and other county departments.
The two pools were selected for closure because of having higher repair costs and lower attendance than the others.
“We were spending a lot more and doing constant repairs on it, and the attendance numbers weren't where it was for what we were putting into it,” said Alyssa Groeteke, St.
Louis County Recreation superintendent.
“We've kind of been able to put Band-Aids on things, but it's not correcting it or fixing it to the extent that we need to.”
It’s likely that the pool at Kennedy Recreation Center would not have opened for the season regardless of county budget cuts.
The center turns 50 years old this summer, and the pool has been in need of major renovations for some time.
A parks spokesperson said it had been leaking up to six inches of water per day, and staff determined at the end of last season that it needs extensive structural repairs, including to a broken underground waterline.
St.
Vincent’s pool also experienced consistent leaking.
The county spokesperson said keeping that one closed will save more than $200,000 this summer.
Other operations at the recreation centers are not impacted.
Groeteke said the department has worked with summer camps and other community groups that typically rely on the pools to get them to facilities that are open, as well as splash pads and other water features throughout the county.
“It's going to look a little different for us this year, but we're still going into it with the same excitement, you know, in the gusto that we have to serve our community and invite them out to make some summer memories,” she said.
The pools at the Pavilion at Lemay and North County Recreation Complex are now open daily.
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