aurora activities

The Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space staff is readying the city’s golf courses and playing fields for a summer season that promises to be busy with new attractions and free admission at all outdoor pools every Friday. Free Fridays is a new initiative that city council sanctioned this year in an effort to encourage activity and reintroduce residents to two outdoor pools — Pheasant Run and Village Green — which were both reopened last summer after years of dormancy. “I was very happy council got the funds to reopen Pheasant Run in my ward last year,” said Ward 5 Councilmember Bob Roth. “I think that the neighbors will appreciate the gesture (of Free Fridays), and I think that it will get more people excited about the reopening of the pool.” Free Fridays a...