Oh my! While I completely understand the conundrum that the town faces I just can't imagine a summer 
without the Community Pool at Holding Park! It is such an iconic landmark and it bustling with activity during the summer!
Due to the horrific drought that we have experienced here in the south the Wake Forest town leaders are contemplating NOT opening the pool this summer. It is a decision that they do not take lightly. From the article:
Wake Forest commissioners said they would decide by May 1 whether to keep the Holding Park pool closed for the summer in an effort to conserve water during the drought.
"This is not a decision we approached happily nor with a smile on our faces," Commissioner Peter Thibodeau said.
Visit "Drought Puts Wake Forest Pool In Jeapardy" to view the article in it's entirety. For all of you out there that may know a happy little Rain Dance please start dancing away. Put's a whole new spin on Dancing in the Rain, doesn't it!
Well, you know where to find me, I will be doing the rain dance in My Back Yard...
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Leesa,
It's a sad legacy of the drought. We have had some relief here in GA, actually in a rain surplus now, but lake levels are still very low.
I am ashamed to say that my daughter received a master's degree at Wake Forest, but I have never visited your lovely town. It's on my "to-do" list!
They are using this as a pawn to further the cause. I have been living in a drought stricken community for years. There are ways for communities to recycle water so this is just plain sad. They can also put solar covers on it at night to prevent evaporation.
I hope they can figure it out before summer!
I think they may find this to be a more expensive mistake when they find the youth is looking for something to do and can't go to the pool they may find other things to do that maybe illegal in nature. Kids do strange things sometimes when they are board.
Oh no! That would be terrible, a summer with no pool. I hope it does not come down to this.