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Why Gainesville is proud to celebrate Frances Meadows Aquatic Center’s 10th birthday
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The Frances Meadows Aquatic Center is celebrating 10 years with a party Aug. 1 in the Splash Zone, which features 34,000 square feet of swimming area that includes a pair of three-story tall winding water slides, a swirl pool, lazy river, play structure with water buckets, spray fountains and zero-depth entry.
Zandrea Stephens, division manager for Frances Meadows Aquatic Center in Gainesville, remembers when the complex opened in August 2008. “For me, to have an aquatic center in Gainesville, Georgia, and to see that many people come out, I knew that we were amidst something that was going to be great,” Stephens, a Gainesville native, said. “That first day in August, we were so packed. I’ll never forget.” The center will mark its 10th anniversary in August, and to reflect and celebrate, Gainesville Parks and Recreation is throwing a birthday party Wednesday, Aug. 1.