Summer’s set to arrive next month, but Cobb County pools may remain closed.
County spokesman Ross Cavitt said Wednesday that closed “pools and senior centers will probably be the last county facilities to open.”
Cobb’s aquatic facilities are all indoors and typically open year-round, Cavitt said, but were closed in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Outdoor swim areas, like most parks, remain closed too.
Gov. Brian Kemp ordered all public swimming pools, including subdivision, apartment, condominium, fitness center, county, municipal and waterpark pools, to close through May 13, but local governments may elect to not reopen them when that deadline passes.
Cobb’s pools are closed “TFN,” said Cavitt, meaning till further notice.
Extra caution is called for when determining to reopen “indoor facilities where people tend to gather in clusters,” said Cavitt, citing libraries as an example.
Trails and passive parks, those without facilities such as pools, tennis courts or playgrounds, reopened April 25 in Cobb.
A plan to reopen active parks has been submitted to county commissioners, Cavitt said, and an announcement affecting their use could be made by the end of the week. Playgrounds and bathrooms would remain closed, however.
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