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News and events related to the Blue Ridge Swim Club.
Memberships Now Available
05 January 2012
You are now welcome to join Blue Ridge Swim Club for the Summer of 2012. We were under new ownership as of May, 2012, though we did not have much of a chance to make changes in the short window between just one month. We have been working hard in the offseason to improve the club, however, primarily by improving the landscape and structural facilities. You should expect to find much the same beautiful setting in 2012, but enhanced with a new timberframe pavilion, a much larger picnicking area, and an improved bathhouse. Please consider joining us for the summer of 2012 as we continue to improve the club. Please note that our memberships sold out in the Summer of 2011. Our long-term goal is to create the most beautiful natural water swimming pool and club in the nation as we anticipate the pool's 100th Anniversary in 2013!
31 May 2011
We now have wireless internet at the pool. Feel free to ask the life guards for our internet password if you want to get online and surf by the water. The signal is best in the area near the guardhouse.
30 May 2011
I have to admit that I've been wishing it would get hot like this. Today will bring highs in the mid 90's and I hear it's going to stay there this week. The pool water, meanwhile, is at about 70--so come on out and cool off.
Limited Number of Memberships Available
15 May 2011
We have had some bureacratic setbacks in our scheduling of construction work for the summer. We had hoped to make a few changes to the facility, mostly in the septic system and parking lot, in order to accommodate the county so that we could expand the membership. But the delays mean that we won't be able to do that for this summer. We are still making aesthetic improvements to the grounds, bathhouse, and and pool, though we will not have the pavilion built for the coming summer, and neither will Field Camp be held there until 2012. That means we are very limited in the number of memberships we can sell this summer, and as of this writing, we are down to just 48 left. It will still be a great summer there, with improvements also to the program and the management. Please join us and be a part of the revitalization of Blue Ridge Swim Club for the summer of 2011, and anticipating the pool's 100th anniversary in 2013.
24 April 2011
Thanks to all those who came out yesterday to help to clean the pool. We will go again next weekend in our quest to remove every bit of dirt from the pool before we begin refilling it. We are, meanwhile, purchasing a filtration system for the pool, one that will clean the bottom nightly and filter half the pool's water every night. I am confident that the historic Blue Ridge Pool will be clearer and more beautiful than ever this summer.
Also, our summer program is beginning to take shape. We will have Sunday acoustic music performances by Old Calf, the Honey Dewdrops, Paulien and Gerard Brikkenaar van Dijk, Miles Pearce, Uncle Henry's Favorites, and more. Frances Frischkorn is teaching a weekly yoga class in the pavilion where we will also have nature and art classes with local teachers and artists. Saturday afternoons will feature a structured swimming program for kids.
It's shaping up to be a great summer at Charlottesville's historic Blue Ridge Pool. Buy one of the limited number of memberships now to be sure to be able to visit throughout the summer.