It is officially swimming season in Indy! Seven Indy Parks pools will open for the season today.
Pools typically open on Memorial Day weekend, but it was delayed a week.
Crews have been working to get them ready for the big day, but staffing shortages are the primary reason more aren't opening.Thatcher pool is the only one that will close on Sundays. "The pool is going to be fun. I get to swim underwater and I get to get the toys," Adelina Shambaugh, a 7-year-old looking forward to swimming said."It's a great thing for the neighborhood, a really nice thing," Ellis said."You can see all the people out moving out again. It gives people somewhere to go.
Johnson and his family came to Douglas Park on June 3, hoping to hop in. The grand opening can't come fast enough for them.The city says out of 224 positions only 81 have been hired.The city said it hopes to get them up and running this summer.Indy Parks says it's still reviewing applications and doing whatever it takes to fill remaining positions.Admission is free this summer for Marion County residents.
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