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Suffolk Parks & Recreation Cypress Park Pool, located at 2001 Arizona Ave., is opening on July 1, according to a city press release. The pool is ready for both public open swim and swimming lessons.

Public open swim will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, from July 1 to Sept. 6. The pool will be closed July 3 but open on July 4.

Beginning July 6, swimming lessons will be offered for both youth and adults. Registration is available online at www.suffolkva.us/266/Parks-Recreation. Swimming classes are Monday through Thursday with make-up classes on Fridays.

To comply with state regulations, there will be additions to existing pool rules and procedures. For all customers age 10 and up, masks must be worn when entering the pool facility, but may be removed while swimming. All customers will be asked health screening questions regarding COVID-19 symptoms, and temporal no-touch body temperature scans will be taken. No one with a temperature at or above 100.4 degrees will be permitted in the pool facility. Everyone entering the pool facility, including swim lesson participants, will be required to maintain 10 feet of social distancing between non-family members at all times.

For more pool information, call 514-7250 or 514-7270, or email tpledger@suffolkva.us.

Visit the Suffolk Parks & Recreation website at www.suffolkva.us/266/Parks-Recreation, or call the Suffolk Parks & Recreation Administration Office at 514-7250 for additional information.