The VisionState-of-the-art aquatics facility in Walnut Creek.
The WCAF is excited to partner with the City of Walnut Creek in building a new aquatic center at Heather Farm Park. Our mission is to ensure the new facility will accommodate current programming while improving recreational and exercise opportunities for all.
The Walnut Creek Aquatic FoundationA tradition of swimming
The WCAF is a non-profit organization established in 2015 to promote and advance local recreational, learn-to-swim, competitive, fitness, and therapeutic aquatic activities and facilities. Our board includes representatives from the community, the Walnut Creek Aquabears swim team, Walnut Creek Aquanuts artistic swimming team, and Walnut Creek Masters Swim Team.
The DetailsThe WCAF agrees to fundraise
$3 million.
Step 1: WCAF is Established
The WCAF is a non-profit organization established in 2015 to promote and advance local recreational, learn-to-swim, competitive, fitness, and therapeutic aquatic activities and facilities.
Step 2: Memorandum of Understanding
In 2022, the WCAF entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Walnut Creek, in which the WCAF agreed to fundraise $3 million dollars toward a new aquatic center.
Step 3: Fundraising and Support
We need your donation to ensure the new aquatic center is designed and constructed to continue our cherished aquatic traditions, including the All City Meet.The DesignA whole new facility for all.
The new Aquatic and Community Center at Heather Farm Park will replace the Clarke Swim Center which was built in the 1960s. The project is being funded primarily by the Walnut Creek voter-approved Measure O, a ten-year, half-cent sales tax measure. However, to ensure the new aquatic center included a 50-meter pool and was designed to accommodate current programming and with improved recreational and exercise features, the WCAF is contributing $3 million dollars to the project.
The design phase, expected to be completed by spring 2025, involves the creation of design documents, such as landscape plans, floor plans, pool plans, building elevations and finish selection.
The construction phase of the project is anticipated to be about a two-year process, from summer 2025 through 2027. The Clarke Swim Center is projected to remain open to the public throughout the construction period.
The AmenitiesMore than just a pool.
The aquatic center will be adjacent to a brand new community center.
The aquatic facility will include:
50-meter competition pool
25-meter short course recreation pool
Current channel for play and exercise
Diving boards
Areas for lounging and relaxing near the pools
Shade canopies
Bleachers
