After being closed for three years, Malvern Hills Park’s swimming pool is being brought back to life.
At the Oct. 27 Asheville City Council meeting, council members approved a contract amendment, allowing the project to move out of the design phase and into construction. The City Council said the construction of the new pool will begin before the end of the year and is scheduled to be completed in time to open for the summer season of 2028.
At the meeting, a resolution was approved, authorizing the city manager to enter into a construction contract amendment to the contract with Harper General Contractors, Inc., a South Carolina Corporation authorized to do business in North Carolina, in the amount of $4.4 million for the project.
The resolution also allows the city manager to execute any change orders that may arise during the project up to the contingency amount of $560,000…