Georgia Soccer Association, physical therapy. and barns, and the gymnasHabersham County Little Habersham County tics center. League, Habersham County School swim teams also The gymnastics center is Church League Softball and have access to the pool for the only facility that cannot its teams’ swim seasons. be rented. Habersham Medical Center. Tallulah Falls School has this Along with renting NGSA handles all soccer luxury for its teams. the fields, pools, gyms or for the rec department and Two other swim teams, courts, community members uses its facilities, but is a the Rapids youth swim team also have the luxury of utiseparate entity. HCLL is and Hurricanes youth swim lizing the rec department’s over all baseball and softball contract services, such as tennis lessons, karate, Tai Chi, Qigong and water aerobics classes. “We are also looking, this year, at starting up a travel [baseball] tournament program,” Morris said. The Habersham County Parks and Recreation Depart“We have ment maintains four tennis courts, two football fields, three dates a full-size baseball field, a regulation-size softball already field and two adult softball fields behind its Ruby C. where we’re Fulbright Aquatic Center. The fields are available for going to public use or rent. Photo/Emily Thomas host travel ball tournaments. We’re working with a team team, have access to the at the youth level. During right now that rents one of pool, as well. the spring, the Habersham our fields at our facilities All four swim programs County Church League Softthat is going to assist us in use the Ruby C. Fulbright ball organization puts on its bringing teams where we Aquatic Center pools for season of adult softball. can host weekend tournapractices and host meets Habersham Medical ments.” there. Center operates a gym called The rec department has HCRD has recently Total Fitness. HMC also partnerships with the North implemented new rates for utilizes the pool for aquatic
the use of the pool, which has resulted in use and revenue increases, according to Friends of the Pool representative Bruce Hollowell. “Since December, when the new rates went in [effect], pool usage has gone up substantially,” Hollowell said. “As has pool revenue.” Hollowell said he tries to swim from 6-7:30 a.m. at least three days a week. Over the last few years he has been able to enjoy the company of just two or three others on his morning swims on a regular basis. More recently, he said, he is “seeing eight, 10, 12 people” there before 7:15 a.m. “Things are really looking up.” “The board of commissioners has before them a series of improvements to the department of recreation facilities and pool area, including locker rooms and [the] pool deck,” Hollowell said. “We hope to see [them] get accomplished before year-end.” ♦
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