Left to Right: Mike Robertson, Director of Operations, Tennessee State Parks; Rodgers Spencer, Upland Design Group; Andy Wright, Interim Fall Creek Falls State Park Manager; Representative Cameron Sexton; Dan Goney, Van Buren-Spencer Chamber of Commerce; State Senator Janice Bowling; Brock Hill, Deputy Commissioner, TDEC; Marilyn Baker, Executive Director, Van Buren-Spencer Chamber of Commerce; Diann Goney, Van Buren-Spencer Chamber of Commerce; Ronnie Hitchcock, Village Green Concessions. In the background is Park Ranger Robin Bayless and 2016 Village Green pool lifeguard staff.
Tennessee State Parks has completed renovations to the Village Green pool area at Fall Creek Falls State Park. There was a ribbon cutting ceremony at the park on Monday at 4 p.m.
New features include ADA accessible ramps to the pool from an elevated boardwalk.
The pool will officially open for the summer season on May 28.
Other renovations within the park include upgrades to the amphitheater, snack bar, bathhouse and restrooms. These renovations are the first phase of a plan to upgrade other areas of the park. Phase two will include the creation of a new Visitors Center, including park offices, a gift shop, restrooms and interpretive displays. The tentative opening date is 2018.
Those attending the ceremony were TDEC Deputy Commissioner for Parks and Conservation Brock Hill, Rep. Cameron Sexton, Senator Janice Bowling, Van Buren County Mayor Greg Wilson, Van Buren-Spencer Chamber of Commerce, ArborTrek/ZIPStream, and Tennessee State Park mascot Ramble the Raccoon.
Fall Creek Falls State Park is at 2009 Village Camp Road, Spencer, Tn. 38585.