Project Name:
Martin Luther King Jr. Swim Center
New Outdoor Facility and Renovation

Location:
Silver Spring, Maryland

Owner:
Montgomery County Department of Recreation

Final Cost:
$3.2 Million

This project involved the renovation of the existing indoor swim facilities at the Martin Luther King Jr. Swim Center, as well as the addition of outdoor recreational and fitness aquatic facilities. The outdoor pool complex includes a 50-meter and 25-meter swim course for fitness training, a free-form leisure pool with slides and other water play features, and a wading pool. Auxiliary features include decks, landscaped areas, shade shelters, bathhouse, filter house and a snack bar. Improvements to the indoor facility include a health and exercise room equivalent to the other county recreation facilities, painting the natatorium ceiling and walls, filter replacement and an enlarged teaching pool.