{"id":251135,"date":"2026-07-24T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251135\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:04:11","slug":"nay-aug-park-pool-faces-uncertainty-before-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251135\/","title":{"rendered":"Nay Aug Park Pool faces uncertainty before renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU)\u00a0\u2014\u00a0For generations of\u00a0Scranton families, the\u00a0Nay Aug Park\u00a0pool has been\u00a0a summertime staple. But plans to\u00a0expand the\u00a0newly renovated facility\u00a0have hit a\u00a0setback after the\u00a0city was denied a state grant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The City of\u00a0Scranton recently completed\u00a0the first phase\u00a0of a major\u00a0renovation project at\u00a0the\u00a0pool, which included\u00a0a new zero-entry pool and\u00a0waterslide. While many\u00a0residents welcomed the\u00a0long-awaited improvements, others say the\u00a0project still\u00a0isn&#8217;t complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve grown up\u00a0here all my\u00a0life,&#8221; said Scranton\u00a0resident Evan Spindler. &#8220;I remember the\u00a0old pool. Nothing\u00a0compares to it. The old pool\u00a0had two slides. It was all\u00a0big.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spindler said he\u00a0appreciates the upgrades\u00a0but personally wishes there were a few different aspects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I\u00a0like a deep\u00a0pool,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I like somewhere\u00a0I can go\u00a0down, swim into, jump, take a\u00a0dive. If you\u00a0dive into that\u00a0pool, I think\u00a0you&#8217;d get seriously\u00a0injured honestly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Program prepares high school students for their futures;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\/news\/local-news\/program-prepares-high-school-students-for-their-futures\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Program prepares high school students for their futures\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The next\u00a0phase of renovations\u00a0was expected to\u00a0add a deep\u00a0lap pool and\u00a0a new splash\u00a0pad. However, those\u00a0plans are now\u00a0on hold after\u00a0Scranton was not\u00a0selected to receive\u00a0a\u00a0state grant worth\u00a0more than $2\u00a0million that would\u00a0have helped fund\u00a0the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement\u00a0to 28\/22\u00a0News, Scranton Mayor\u00a0Paige Cognetti said\u00a0the city has\u00a0secured significant funding\u00a0for other improvement\u00a0projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We have received over $160 million in grants to improve Scranton. By stacking federal, state, and local funds, we have invested\u00a0more than $26\u00a0million into our\u00a0parks systems alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">City officials say they are exploring other funding opportunities to move Phase Two forward. For now, however, there is no timeline for when construction on the remaining improvements could begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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