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Recreation Recreation Facilities 2 Sports Facilities 9 Full-Time Employees 14 Part-time 2 Annual Revenue $ 297,236.50 2019 was year of enormous accomplishments and changes for the City of Roswell Recreation Department. The most notable accomplishment came with the opening of the brand-new Roswell Recreation & Aquatic Center. Some of the changes include the hiring of Marcus Gallegos as the Recreation Manager. The Parks & Recreation department was also separated into two separate divisions in August 2019, and a department organizational restructure was completed in December 2019. The Roswell Recreation Department staff accepted the challenge of opening a new facility and accepted the many new changes without hesitation and ensured that the citizens of Roswell expectations were fulfilled.
Roswell Recreation & Aquatic Center The Roswell Recreation & Aquatic Center celebrated the opening on June 29th 2019 with a tremendous turnout that featured over 1100 citizens partaking in the opening ceremonies, tours, gym and pool admissions. Mayor Kintigh spoke to the importance and impact the new facility would have for the citizens. The Mayor and several city council members participated in the first free-throws, first pool slides and first
Director of Administrative Services: Juan Fuentes Recreation Manager: Marcus Gallegos
pool jump ins to inaugurate the new facility. Since opening day, the Roswell Recreation & Aquatic Center has accommodated over 40,000 guests in the facility for many different activities and events and has truly become a gem for the City of Roswell. The recreation department began selling annual and seasonal memberships in June and by years end had sold 502 memberships.
The Aquatic Center features an indoor 8 lane 25-meter lap pool. The indoor pool has many innovative features such as 20-meter handicap ramp, an electric handicap lift, a rock-climbing wall, basketball hoop and a state-of-the-art pool mechanical room that is unsurpassed. The outdoor recreation pool features two exciting water slides for those 48� or taller, several water features, a basketball hoop, and a kiddie play area with a zero-entry pool entrance. The indoor and outdoor pools combined can hold 455 guests, with 200 additional guests on the decks. The Aquatic Center offers many aquatic programs such as water aerobics, swimming lessons for babies, toddlers, children and adults and exclusive lap swimming times. There have also been many events such as Family swim days, Dive in movie nights, Pumpkin swims and Parents’ Day out. The Recreation center features two full size and four youth size basketball courts and two volleyball courts. The gym was utilized for
