Vol. 1 Issue 47 | WEEKLY
Thursday, September 26, 2024
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Williston Water World on track for summer 2025 opening
“AERIAL ONE” RENDERING OF WILLISTON WATER WORLD DONE BY EAPC ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS, PROVIDED BY AMANDA COLEBANK WITH WILLISTON COMMUNITY BUILDERS.
SARAH WILSON swilson@vocella.com Excitement for the new water park, Williston Water World, has only increased as locals driving past the cutting field on the corner of West Dakota Parkway and Ninth Avenue Northwest get to see the progress on this shining example of our community's ability to work together toward a common goal. “It’s amazing, and we’re opening in less than a year, so that just makes it even more real!” expressed Amanda Colebank, who has been with the Williston Community Builders Association for a decade and was made president of the association in Janu-
ary of this year. The dream of this project by the Williston Community Builders Association started in 2020, with the intention of future community enjoyment. "It is so important to us that our kids and this generation will have those fun times at the local pool and make those core memories," Colebank said. It has since grown into reality as mostly independent donations, along with a few grants, have left them only $637,000 away from their $15.7 million goal for construction costs and the first few years of operation costs to ensure the project's success. This was also helped by the wonderful turnout during the annual golf tournaments, the latest of which took place July 25 of this
year and, according to Amanda, raised over $20,000. After the city of Williston graciously donated the land west of the cutting field for the much-anticipated project, they were off to the races and held the groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 8, 2023. Over a year later, what progress has been made toward the water park's construction? Ryan Anderson, the senior project manager for JE Dunn Construction, a Williston local and an avid professional who has been in construction for 25 years, has all the answers. He and his team have all but finished work on the leisure pool, which took diligent attention to detail with all of its twists, turns and 5,000 feet of large piping that will run in and out of the main
building. The excitement of the first pool's impending completion is not lost on Anderson. “A huge milestone is about to hit,” he said. Anderson goes on to say that construction of the second pool is already underway, and because its structure and design are much simpler, it should be completed by the end of November. Meanwhile, the big slides have been installed, and 50% of the pool decks should be done ahead of the work that will pick back up once the cold season ends. However, the work won’t stop just because the temperature drops. While the pools will be protected from the weather and kept CONTINUED PAGE 3
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