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Ridgewood NJ, Early registration for 2017 Graydon Pool membership begins on this Saturday, April 1, with a discount offered to Ridgewood residents who register during April.
Placemats for children to color can be found now at The Daily Treat, The Country Pancake House, Renato’s, Baumgart’s, and elsewhere. They were designed by Councilman Ramon Hache!
SAVE – Residents can enjoy a 10% discount on adult and child badges through April 30th.
CONTACTS
Pool Manager’s Office – 201-670-5500, ext 7002 (in season)
Badge Office – 201-670-5500, ext 7003 (in season only)
Recreation Office at The Stable- 201-670-5560
[email protected]
Parks, open space, facilities, year round recreational activities to meet the needs of all residents. All Village parks and recreational facilities are now smoke free.GRAYDON MEMBERSHIP RATES – On sale beginning April 1st
RESIDENT GRAYDON POOL MEMBERSHIPS
Village priced memberships are available to Ridgewood residents, non-residents who pay local property taxes to the Village of Ridgewood, and employees of the Village of Ridgewood and Board of Education. Proof is required.
ADULT – $120.00 Purchase between April 1 and April 30 and save 10%
CHILD – (ages 2-15, under 2 free) $110.00 Purchase between April 1 and April 30 and save 10%
SENIOR – $30.00 (62 and older)
PERMANENT DISABLED – $30.00
LATE SEASON ADULT MEMBERSHIP – $60.00 (available August 1st)
LATE SEASON CHILD MEMBERSHIP – $55.00 (available August 1st)
DAILY PASS – $10.00
BADGE REPLACEMENT – $5.00
NON-RESIDENT GRAYDON POOL MEMBERSHIPS
The Village Council and the Ridgewood Department of Parks and Recreation are pleased to invite all families in the surrounding area to join the Graydon Pool facility for the 2017 summer season.
ADULT (ages 16 and up) – $200.00
CHILD (ages 2-15) – $175.00
GUEST PASSES (must be accompanied by 2017 season member)- $10.00
BADGE REPLACEMENT – $5.00
TENNIS BADGES
RESIDENT ADULT – $35.00
RESIDENT CHILD – $30.00
NON-RESIDENT ADULT – $45.00
NON-RESIDENT CHILD – $40.00
DAILY PASS – $5.00
BADGE REPLACEMENT – $5.00
Tennis Rules/Regulations and Badge Memberships
Purchase all badges from the comfort of home via CommunityPass (Visa and Mastercard accepted). In person assistance is available daily at the Graydon Badge Office, on site at the pool facility. Hours vary by season dates.
GRAYDON POOL AMENITIES
Pool features include a shaded playground, water play fountains, shade kites, Adirondack chairs, a picnic area with charcoal grills, a sheltered pavilion, and the Water’s Edge Cafe. Additional amenities include volleyball, basketball, ping-pong, shuffleboard, four-squares, hop-scotch, backgammon, a lending library and for the little ones, “Storytime” under the Graydon pavilion.
SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Applications are being sought for the many summer positions available with the Parks and Recreation Department including Day Camp Administrators, Day Camp Counselors, Graydon Pool Lifeguards, Security Attendants, and Badge Sale Attendants. Concession Attendant applications will be shared with the Water’s Edge vendor. NOTE: Day Camp staff attendance is mandatory for the full six week program, June 26 to August 4, 2017.
Applications will be considered for experience, interests, and accomplishments.
Mail completed applications to The Stable, 259 N. Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450.
2017 Seasonal Employment Application
2017 Waterfront Lifeguard Employment Application for Graydon Pool
WATERFRONT LIFEGUARD TRAINING – NEW AND RECERT
file photo by Boyd Loving
Waterfront lifeguard training for a sand-bottom facility will be offered at Graydon Pool – both new and bridge/recertification classes available. Registration form/details in the link below:
Waterfront Lifeguard Training – New and Recertification/Bridging 2017
Register online via CommunityPass (under Graydon Pool) or in person/by mail to the Stable, 259 N. Maple Avenue, Ridgewood NJ 07450 beginning April 1st.
Hey: What ever happened to the WIBIT? I understand that Councilman Mike Sedon has repeatedly asked Parks & Rec to explain where is it and has thus far not gotten an answer.
What is WIBIT?
This is what a WIBIT is:
https://www.wibitsports.com/open-water/
so have all the Graydon haters moved on?
wait for it ……………………
Parking permit at train station for people going to work: $1000
Taxpayer subsidized country club fee: $120
What a place!
What do you pay at the playground, vets or
The library? Graydon is an amenity same as those. But more to your point, swim season is about 10 weeks. Parking 52 weeks.
June 3 to September 4 is 12.5 weeks minus rainy days, but point taken.
1:50 FACTS trainside VIP FIRST CLASS pass 1000 greenbacks today
2018. Who knows..likely $ 1250 to $1300 . The town rolled over all of us last year in a Hail Mary mid December late night rip off even at coach commoners lots spots went up 33 percent increased to 750.Complete RIP OFF
3:05 – I did not know that I needed a special paid pass to access the library or the playground.
Also – the Village MAKES money off parking. The village LOSES a lot of money on Graydon. In addition the the occasional giant lawsuit payout.
As I said, country club for Ridgewood’s ‘chosen’ at the taxpayer’s dime.
Why can’t we have a referendum on Graydon like we did on parking (and I opposed parking, for the record).
How much does the town spend annually (operation, maintenance, insurance, less fees)? Do Village residents agree to spend this much of tax money to fund a country club for a few?
So if Ridgewood parking is priced 3-5x immediate surrounding towns (we’re rich!), why is Graydown priced so low? Neighboring Glen Rock is charging $135 per adult resident (including ID card) for 2017.
Since when does Ridgewood charge LESS than neighboring towns for something? Or does that only happen for things that ‘chosen’ people are interested in?
5.22 august water quality bad ducks win vs filters and nature and water temps
Can we do a referendum on the library? I use ebooks and the internet. Haven’t set foot in the library in years.
it is like a country club for readers.
Someone is actually comparing the price of commuter parking to the price of a graydon badge? Huh?
Library is great..actually does what it’s charter set out. For hire tutors have moved in too
The Village actually makes money on Graydon. This was confirmed several times by the Mayor and Village Manager during recent Village Council meetings. In a nutshell, revenues from the pool exceed expenses by a significant amount and have done so for many years in a row.
Assuming there is demand for what Graydon offers, why is the town not trying to make money off it? Why the highly subsidized passes? Who ran the math and decided $120 instead of $20 or $400?
Why even have sham passes? It is paid for by taxpayers anyway – let everyone access it when they want to, as they access the library and the playground.
Or do the ‘chosen ones’ want to restrict uncertain crowds to enhance their taxpayer subsidized country club experience?
7:47: Maybe you can explain how a council focused on making money off one village amenity (parking) is trying to lose money on another?
We charge 6 times Glen Rock for parking permits and LESS than them for the pool? How and why?
Wibit takes up too much room in small Graydon. Kids can have fun just swimin; I did when I was a kid and now I am ancient. Also kids have those rafts in the water and diving boards.
God almighty, kids are not morons like most adults, hey, they have imagination, until stupid adults whip it out of them.
When I was a kid I used to pretend I was a shark in the water, or a fish being chased by a shark, which I am now, everybody else is a shark to me. Or I would pretend I was the fastest swimmer in the world, or that I was swimming across the sea, or that I was shipwrecked and swimming to shore. Or that I was a diver exploring the sea , you get the idea ?
I still pretend these things. Ha ha, seriously.
Chosen ones restricting membership? Get a grip. You are obviously just trying to start trouble where there is none.
During the end of the season when the WIBIT was offered, it was vandalized (intentionally punctured) prior to it being stored for the winter. The cost to patch it up was significant enough to keep it in storage. Additionally, the WIBIT required a lifeguard to be present on it which limited staffing in other parts of the pool and the use did not justify that level of staffing. A water slide would have been a better use of the money.