Worcester and YMCA of Central Mass. are ready for another great summer
Spectrum News 1
BY Dan Reidy Worcester
PUBLISHED 5:00 PM ET Jun. 10, 2025
WORCESTER, Mass. – As the weather heats up, the city of Worcester is looking forward to opening the aquatic facilities for families to stay cool and for the second year in a row they’ll be partnering with a local nonprofit to make it all happen.
The city and the YMCA seem to be on the same page when it comes to making sure residents are safely using public aquatic facilities. In previous years, Worcester had a difficult time fully staffing its pools and beaches, but now they’re looking at the partnership as a positive for the city.
“Last year was a tremendous success,” YMCA Central Mass. President and CEO David Connell said.
“Last year was awesome,” Worcester DPW&P Assistant Commissioner Robert Antonelli said. “We had, you know, really great success.”
Worcester is looking forward to another great summer of partnering with the YMCA of Central Mass. to staff city pools and beaches.
“Most importantly, it was a safe summer,” Connell said of 2024. “And the results of that, that we were able to continue to support the city in the way that was needed at that particular time.”
Connell said the program allows the YMCA to maintain and train staff during the winter and heading into this summer they’ll have about 60 returning employees with about 60 new hires.
“We are now fully staffed, so we’re ready to go,” Connell said. “We’re going to continue to do some ongoing training and development. We will focus on safety. We also focus on the ability for us to be able to respond to emergencies. But then most importantly, we want the family members that are utilizing those various, pools and, and waterfronts to have a good time to have fun.”
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