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 ...

It’s finally summer, which means long, impossibly hot days for Texans. Dallasites, in particular, have to face the heat in one of the nation’s hottest climates. On the heels of Dallas’ first ...

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 ...

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 ...