More money donated to overhaul Barton Springs Pool’s bathhouse

The Joan Means Khabele Bathhouse Rehabilitation Project at Barton Springs Pool got another funding boost last week when Barton Springs Conservancy contributed an additional $450,000, bringing the conservancy’s total amount of private contributions to $3,834,000. Pooling donations from One Skye Foundation, Powell Foundation, Still Water Foundation and Susan Vaughan Foundation, the funding will support the Parks and Recreation Department’s construction contract for the bathhouse project. On Thursday, City Council members Paige Ellis, Ryan Alter and Leslie Pool participated in a check presentation ceremony.