One of the great things about living in Cary, NC is that it has so many resources to offer - parks, jogging trails, athletic facilities, and much more. That list just grew a bit longer today when the Triangle Aquatic Center (TAC) opened next to the Cary Town Center.
This facility is incredibly impressive for the first aquatic center in Cary to say the least. The facility is 72,000 sq. ft. and is the largest public aquatic facility in North Carolina. The Triangle Aquatic Center facility includes:
Three pools - a 50-meter Competition Pool, a 25-yard Training Pool as well as a warm water Instructional Pool
Comfortable spectator seating with capacity for up to 1000 people
Full-service café
All American Swim shop
Dryland fitness area
Classroom & Admin offices
Michael Curren, the President of the TAC, has been working dillegently on this project for several years. I know Mike from the Cary Academy PTAA where my daughter goes to school. When my daughter, Jordan, was growing up she took swimming lessons at our local YMCA. It's a great facility but the community outgrew the YMCA. This new facility will be a great addition to the entire Triangle.
If that's not enough the town is planning on opening another facility called The Cary Community Aquatics Center in the summer of 2010 that would add another three pools to the area. The plans call for a $30 million facility that would house an outdoor and two indoor pools for competitive and recreational swimmers. This facility would even have seating for up to 1,000 spectators. That's one thing I really love about the community. They are always planning ahead to make sure that the citizens in the community have a wonderful place to call home and a fantastic quality of life.
If you are interested in swimming competitively you can join the Raleigh Swimming Association which offers all levels of competition including Masters Swimming at Triangle Area Facilities.
Next up: an upcoming blog on all of the incredible facilities that Cary offers to the local community.
i saw this on the news the other night. Very Impressive! is there a membership fee. Or fee for use?
Ginger
Hey Tracy,
While I was in college I worked at the Cary YMCA 10 years ago Cary outgrew the Pools at the YMCA.
This facility is gorgeous I think I may have to go swim some laps.
Thanks for the post.
Hey Tracy,
I thought about this post when I was reading the Sunday N&O. Did you read the editorial comments about the amount of water needed for the aquatic center in the mist of our drought? If you didn't I still have the paper and will scan and send it your way. I know you like a good scandal!
It's been raining for weeks now so hopefully that is not a concern!