Cleveland’s parks director, Alexandria Nichols, says residents are going to notice real changes at rec centers and parks this summer. Outdoor pools are expected to reopen in early June, and the department is rolling out new security screening, on-site repairs and more youth programming. Nichols is pitching the work as fixes people can literally see and feel in their neighborhood hubs: cleaner centers, patched roofs and more reliable staffing, paired with longer-term planning guided by the city’s parks master plan.
In an interview with Signal Cleveland, Nichols said her first-year priorities were “improving facility conditions, expanding programming and improving marketing.” One of the early structural tweaks: custodial staff now report directly to rec center…..