Mark your calendars for a ribbon cutting celebration of the new Woodland Aquatics Center on Saturday, February 7 at 2:00 PM! This new facility, located at 2001 East Street adjacent to the Community & Senior Center, brings much-needed pool capacity for Woodlanders of all ages and interests. Ribbon cutting attendees can jump into the new pool and enjoy hotdogs provided by Kiwanis.
Charles Brooks Community Swim Center alone currently serves Woodland’s more than 60,000 residents, heavily impacting the well-loved public facility and limiting access for community members. A typical summer afternoon features the Woodland Wreckers, the Woodland Swim Team, swim lessons, public swim, and public lap swim all competing for pool space. In fact, the City’s swim lesson slots are often fully subscribed well before summer programming even begins. In addition, Brooks lacks many key amenities that make swimming and aquatic activities more accessible, such as shallower depths and engaging play features.
In addition to more pool space, the new Aquatics Center will provide Woodlanders with improved amenities, including a ten-lane competition pool with a shallow “learn to swim” lane, an activity pool with interactive features and “zero-entry” accessibility, and locker room facilities featuring indoor and outdoor showers. The new Aquatics Center will also feature spacious shaded lawn and pool deck areas.
“More than a decade of community insistence has led to the completion of a remarkable new swimming facility for Woodland. Everyone will be welcome here for almost any water-related purpose,” says Mayor Tom Stallard. “We will teach swimming to kids; seniors will be able to do water aerobics; swim teams and water polo teams will practice and have competitions; and adults will be able to swim laps for fitness and recreation.”
Beginning Monday, February 9, residents will be able to use the Aquatics Center daily for Lap Swim and Water Exercise with expanded hours Monday through Friday. Pioneer High School will also begin practices for its 2026 swim season at the facility. Summer programming starts in June and will include public recreational swim and expanded swim lessons.
“The John & Eunice Davidson Fund is proud to support this project,” says fund co-trustee Carole Pirruccello. “More aquatics facilities will help many generations of Woodlanders experience the health, social, and happiness benefits of a day spent at the pool.”
This community priority was supported by a variety of funding sources, including local sales tax dollars (Measure J, Measure R, and Measure F), the City’s General Fund, Housing Development Agreements, and philanthropic gifts from our community. In particular, the City would like to thank the John and Eunice Davidson Fund, Nugget Markets and Food 4 Less, Dowling Family Foundation, Woodland Clinic Medical Group, Pacific Coast Producers, and Tom and Meg Stallard for their leadership and generosity.