Dallas city leaders have shuttered a library and cut city staff and are planning to close three community pools to shift millions of dollars toward public safety. Why it matters: A charter amendment ...

Most of Dallas’ community pools may close due to budget cuts this year. City officials are in the midst of making hard decisions to overcome a $38 million budget shortfall. Park Director John Jenkins ...

Back in 2017, when I served as the president of the Dallas Park and Recreation Board, Dallas voters approved bond funds for the first time in more than half a century to build new public swimming ...

Closing Dallas’ nine aging community pools has been in the works for a decade. Decommissioning the city’s nine community pools was part of the city’s 2015 aquatic master plan, which called for ...

The Glendale swimming pool opened Thursday at noon. There wasn't a line waiting to get but people who live in the community say the pool is important to them. "I was here when they originally put the ...

DALLAS — Three Dallas pools are first up on the chopping block as city officials consider the future of aging community pools amid budget constraints, per officials. The Dallas Park and Recreation ...

DALLAS — Budget cuts haven't drained the pools just yet. The Dallas Park and Recreation Board opted to reduce hours at community pools across the city, bucking a proposal from department staff seeking ...

Residents swim at Everglade Pool in east Dallas on July 29, 2024. Bessy Dominguez and her son were spending their Monday afternoon at Everglade Pool in east Dallas. They moved here from Honduras two ...