Please Support the Pool!
All donations are tax deductible. Friends of Grant Park Pool is part of the Grant Park Neighborhood Association, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation. 		 
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The 2008 season lasts from Friday, July 4 to Monday, September 1.

Mon - Fri 10:00a - 1:00p
Open to Groups and Swim Lessons Only (Call the pool directly at 404-622-3041 to schedule your group)

Mon - Fri 1:30p - 4:00p
Free Swim

Mon - Fri 4:30p - 7:30p
Paid Swim

Sat/Sun - noon - 7:30p
Paid Swim

Mon - Fri LAP SWIM

9:00a - 4:00p

4:30p-7:30p

Sat/Sun LAP SWIM

noon-7:30p

Please note that hours are subject to change without notice. Contact the pool at 404-622-3041 to confirm current hours.

The pool is not able to accomodate any before or after hours parties at this time.

Flotation Device Policy
Daily: adult $2; children (ages 5 & under) free; children (ages 6-16) & seniors $1.

Annual pass: (resident) adult $90; youth & senior $45; (non-resident) adult $165; youth & senior $65.

Note: Annual passes can be used at all City of Atlanta pools and natatoriums for a full year from the date of purchase.

All children 11 & under must be accompanied by an adult.

Note: fees may be subject to change without notice.

THE POOL IS OPEN!

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Please donate today!

Please donate today! We need to raise $50,000 to pay for our neighborhood's share of the fabulous pool renovations! Your donation is fully tax-deductible, and will help us secure a $10,000 closing donation. We've raised around $38,500 so far, and we're less than $1,500 away from securing the $10,000 matching grant that will complete our $50,000 campaign.

Closing Time: 7:30

The pool is closing at 7:30 each evening so that the staff can clean the pools and facilities for the next day. The pool also closes from 4:00-4:30  for pool cleaning.

Neighborhood Swim

& Extended Hours

The pool is open to Friends of Grant Park Pool through September 1st from 10:30a-12:30p. Admission fees apply. Please sign-in as a Friend of Grant Park Pool. Summer hours have also been extended through September 1st this year due to the late opening of our fabulous pool.

Vinocity in Kirkwood, whose owners live in Grant Park, will hold its first pool dine-out on Tuesday, August 5. 10% of that evening's sales will be donated to the Grant Park Pool. Live Music Starts at 8pm featuring The Wampus Cats.


Stella will hold its first dine-out on Wednesday, August 27. 10% of the entire day's sales (11am-10pm) will benefit our pool!

Friendly Reminders


  • Friends of Grant Park Pool has been recognized as a group that can utilize the pool during morning hours. Neighborhood swim is on Mondays through Friday from 10:30-12:30p. Admission fees apply. Please sign in as a Friend of Grant Park Pool.
  • Feel free to bring snacks but remember to eat them in the designated eating area to keep ants to a minimum.
  • PLEASE use the restroom changing tables for diaper changes - NOT the shade structure.
  • No noodles in the pool - chunks of disintegrating noodles are clogging the drains. However, children's flotation devices that have cloth seats are permitted in the Grant Park Pool. Ring devices without seats are not permitted in the pool.
  • Please stay with your children. On crowded times, swimming children should take advantage of the large pool and leave the smaller pool for under 5 kids and, if necessary, their older siblings. Also, children should not make a game out of jumping back and forth between pools.
  • Lockers are provided in the restrooms if you'd like to bring a lock and keep your valuables there during your stay. Make sure you empty it and take your lock with you on your way home. The pool is not responsible for left or stolen items.

  • Proper swim attire is required for everyone entering the pool. Men's trunks must have netting.

  • Lane ropes are here - lap swim is all day on weekdays from 9:00am - 4:00pm and 4:30-7:30pm. Admission fees apply between 9:00am and 1:30pm, as well as 4:30am to 7:30pm. Groups start using the pool at 10:00, but lap swimmers will have the pool to themselves between 9:00am and 10:00am.
  • Take a quick rinse in the showers before entering the pool area to help keep our pool clean.
  • Thunder closes the pool for 30 minutes.
  • Swim diapers are required for all children under 4 . If you have any extra swim diapers around, please drop them off at the pool, so management can avoid turning away patrons that don't have or can't afford swim diapers.

Have you seen the pool lately?

The pool has undergone a total transformation. Little kids can splash right into the new zero entry pool, which gradually slopes downward like a beach. The new splash spot spouts water from various points, while the big blue awning provides much needed shade. The bathhouse has been completely renovated, as has the large pool. New filtration systems should ensure a great experience for all! Do note that the entrance to the pool has changed. Instead of entering through the gate on the side, you'll now enter through the men's and women's lockerrooms, respectively, on the front of the bathhouse.

Join the 100 at $100 Challenge

We've raised around $38,500 so far toward our capital campaign goal of $50,000, and we're gaining momentum with the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation agreeing to donate the final $10,000 to close the gap. If you've been thinking about donating, we need it NOW! 100 neighbors donating $100 will raise $10,000! We have 56 $100+ donations so far, 26 $50 donations, and 25 smaller donations (a total of 107 donations)! Every donation of any amount will help us secure the Falcons Youth Foundation matching donation of $10,000! Read what one neighbor has to say. Your valuable tax deductible contribution, no matter the amount, will directly fund improvements to our facilites. Click the Make a Donation button in the left-corner of this page.

 

Sponsors

We'd like to thank our gracious sponsors for their support! We're closing in on our $50,000 goal with around $38,500 and counting:

$10,000 Level 

  • The John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.  

  

$5,000 Level

$2,500 Level

Dining Partners

  • Graveyard Tavern held their first pool dine-out on June 17
  • Six Feet Under has sponsored four annual dine-outs for the pool, including an upcoming July 17 dine-out
  • Vinocity Wine Bar is holding their first pool dine-out on August 5
  • Stella will hold its first dine-out on Wednesday, August 27

...and the many neighbors who have made contributions ranging from $10 to $500. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today! Your donation will be matched on a 3 to 1 basis by the City of Atlanta!

In addition, the current major renovation of the Grant Park Pool would not have been possible without the tireless support of District 1 City Councilmember Carla Smith and City of Atlanta Parks Commissioner Diane Harnell-Cohen.

 

Swim Team & Lessons

Swim team must be cancelled this year, due to our delayed pool opening. We are happy about the interest generated this year. Come back next year!

Swim lessons started July 5th. Classes are full. Email genny@grantparkpool for more information! Hopefully next summer we can have two sessions of lessons with a full pool season.

More Fun For Kids

Our community has had a great opportunity to get some new fun and family-friendly features at Grant Park Pool -- but we need your help. The City of Atlanta has agreed to match, at a rate of 3-to-1, funds raised by Friends of Grant Park Pool to turn the existing 3 ½-foot deep lesson pool into a zero-entry pool (that is, one that gradually becomes deeper - see link below) and add a new, safe, and shaded spray-play area (shade structure similar to blue tarp below). These new features became available on July 4, but our neighborhood needs to help out with our share of the costs. Please make your tax-deductible donation today!

 


Click here to view the City of Atlanta outdoor pool rules.

Thank you to our Dine-out Partners

Graveyard Tavern sposored a dine-out on June 17, 2008. 10% of that day's sales from 5pm to close were donated directly to the Grant Park Pool, which helped in our capital campaign to raise $50,000.

Six Feet Under Dine-Out on July 17!

Six Feet Under sposored their fourth dine-out to benefit the Grant Park Pool on Thursday, July 17. 10% of the entire day's sales will benefit our pool!

 

Current Grant Park Pool Headlines

 

Renovations Done

  • Bathhouse roof repaired
  • Bathhouse gutted with new sinks and shower fixtures installed
  • Existing plaster reomved from large pool
  • New filtration system installed, as well as new lining
  • Children's pool transformed into zero-entry pool and splash/shade area
  • New interior fence
  • Pool cover for large pool in the off-season

Governor Purdue issued a press release late Spring stating that outdoor pools can still be filled this year, despite the drought. The pool renovations are primarily funded by the recent Opportunity Bond that raised money for many Atlanta parks and recreation facilities, but the Friends of Grant Park Pool are also working on a capital campaign for funds to cover the const of the zero-entry pool and splash/shade spot. Please contact us if you have ideas for grant applications.

 

Friends of Grant Park Pool

The Friends of Grant Park Pool was established in Fall of 2004, to help make our community's pool a nice, clean, safe place that is welcoming to everyone. We are a group of neighbors volunteering our time to work in partnership with the City of Atlanta's Bureau of Parks and Recreation, Grant Park Neighborhood Association, and others to provide additional resources - volunteer, program, material, and financial - to ensure that our neighborhood pool facility realizes its potential as a gathering place for all.

This website was established to help us communicate with you! It contains pertinent information about the pool hours, rules, etc as well as lots of ways for you to learn more and get involved.

We have been enthusiastically guided by our District 1 Councilmember, Carla Smith, and supported by the City of Atlanta's Commissioner for Parks and Recreation, Dianne Harnell-Cohen. It is our hope that we can be a valuable neighborhood partner with the City by bringing volunteer energy and other local resources to bear on behalf of a facility that offers a great recreational resource to so many people. In short, we want Grant Park's pool to be a model for our city and beyond!

Please join us! Come to the pool this summer! Raise your hand when we ask for help! Do your part to make the Grant Park Pool a nice, clean, safe place that is welcoming to everyone!

Thank you! And check back often...

Please Note: this site is hosted by Friends of Grant Park Pool, a group of volunteers who’ve come together to support our neighborhood pool. We host events and sponsor programs, purchase deck equipment and swim attire, and are advocate for both strong City management and significant neighborhood involvement in the pool.

The City of Atlanta owns and operates the Grant Park Pool. Questions and concerns about the pool facility and policies should be made directly to Charlene Braud, cbraud_at_atlantaga.gov (replace _at_ with @), Director of Recreation. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you this summer at Grant Park Pool.