Parks and Rec two-week shutdown tackles gym floors, pool systems, and facility-wide upgrades

The Petersburg Parks and Recreation facility reopened Monday after completing its annual two-week maintenance shutdown, with Parks and Recreation Director Stephanie Payne describing the closure as highly successful.

"We did a lot of work that we've been wanting to get done for a long time," Payne said of the annual maintenance period that began in late May.

The closure began with the facility's perennially complex project: coordinating the resurfacing of the gym floors.

"Gym and racquetball courts always get their floors redone during our closure, so they got resurfaced," Payne said. The annua...