• Over 19,000 pool visits including many special-needs community members 
• 350 plus community members – from toddlers to adults—participated in swim lessons
• Partnered with Ypsilanti Community Schools & Ypsilanti Library to provide free pool passes to youth
• Held our 7th annual Kid’s Triathlon with the support of Ypsilanti’s Kiwanis Club

• Jr. Lifeguard Training 

• Summer Reading Program and Water Safety Camp which could not have happened without the support and guidance of the Parkridge Community Center Summer Program, Boys and Girls Club, and the Ypsilanti District Library. 

The Ypsilanti Community is rich in diversity and if you have ever spent an afternoon at the pool, you would know that it serves our entire community, across the socioeconomic, ethnic, and age spectrums.  This is an accomplishment that we should all celebrate!

The Need

Now after 47 years of this wonderful resource providing great service to the community, it needs our help. 

If you have visited the pool you have seen our aging and worn bathhouse.  What you have likely noticed are the cracked walls and floors, peeling paint and poor lighting.  But what you do not see is the failing plumbing, heating and cooling and outdated electrical and mechanical systems. 

Through the tireless effort of pool employees and volunteers the bathhouse has been “patched” together year after year for over a decade and the time to address these issues is now.  

​The Path Forward

On January 7, 2019 a two year Renovate the Bathhouse [W1] [JG2] community fundraising campaign will be initiated by the Friends of Rutherford Pool Board, in collaboration with the Renovate the Bathhouse Campaign Committee.

To begin this process, in the fall of 2016, the pool board held a community meeting to discuss the ideas to include in a newly renovated bathhouse.  The discussion was thoughtful and wide-ranging, giving the board a blueprint for a future renovation.  Some of the topics discussed at the town hall included: improved lighting, seating and locker space, installation of solar power, the addition of gender neutral and family changing rooms and installing an outdoor concrete ping pong table.

The board's priority is to keep the community input in the forefront of our decisions, while addressing the bathhouse’s significant structural and mechanical issues.  We believe that both missions have been accomplished! 

With our help through this campaign we will be able to complete the following:

On the Exterior-

• Re-do roof (65’ X 70’) 
• New HVAC units (rooftop) 
• Gazebo structure at pool entrance 
• Design feature around top of building Shaded walkway on west side of building

Within the Bathhouse Interior-

• Reconfigure internal floor plan to include 2 gender neutral/family bathrooms

• New flooring
• New sink/bathroom fixtures
• New bench seating
• Installation of lockers
• Newly configure storage areas
• Re-do/replace electrical and plumbing, both updates and to accommodate new floor plan

How You Can Support

You can support this effort by donating here or sharing this campaign with family and friends on social media. IF we meet our goal the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) will match that , essentially DOUBLING YOUR DONATION!!

If you have questions about this or prefer to give by cash or check please make/mail those to: John Weiss (734) 649-1266 or Jeff Guyton (734)239-4624

Mail checks to:

1206 Pearl St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197