New Parks Director Maps 106-Day Pool Season, Park Overhaul
Town Council • Spruce PineSeptember 14, 2026
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Spruce Pine's new parks director used his first report to the Town Council on Sept. 14, 2026, to pitch a longer pool season, more than double this year's pool revenue and a public redesign of Brad Ragan Memorial Park. The rest of the meeting was a department-by-department status check: a drought-driven water source switch, a smart-meter proposal, an eight-officer police force confronting new drugs and a December budget amendment to absorb $5.5M in FEMA awards.
- 106-day pool season and $35,000 to $40,000 revenue target proposed, up from 46 days and about $15,000
- Primary water supply moved off Beaver Creek Reservoir as drought persists
- Drive-by water meters with leak detection under study; public services shop Phase 1 out to bid
- Police report 17 felony drug arrests in three months and a roughly tripled homeless presence since the storm
- $4.2M and $1.3M FEMA awards set up a mid-year budget amendment around December
James Adams, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director, started Aug. 31. He opened his first report with a candid look at a short 2026 pool season.
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