Bartow was planning on building a new swimming pool at the Bartow Civic Center, but now the project is unlikely to happen. Rising construction costs, recurring costs and lawmakers considering the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bartow hasn't had a functioning city pool in years. The current facility at the Civic Center south of Mosaic Park is dilapidated ...

CareerSource Polk will host the Fall Veteran and Community Job Fair on Nov. 14 at the Bartow Civic Center, 2250 S. Floral Ave. The event welcomes veterans and all local job seekers to explore a broad ...

Twice as many Bartow residents favored retrofitting the now-shuttered municipal pool at the Civic Center in a city survey asking where they preferred to swim. The community gathered in Bartow on ...

The city of Bartow has canceled a planned public swimming pool project due to budget constraints. Projected costs for the pool have risen from $3.5 million to an estimated $6 to $8 million. Looming ...

The City of Bartow will host three community meetings to discuss its proposed 2026–27 budget, city priorities and the potential local effects of Florida’s proposed constitutional Amendment 3 ahead of ...

BARTOW, Fla. — A community forum at the Bartow Civic Center on Tuesday evening took up one issue: Should the city continue adding fluoride to its drinking water? After a September federal court ruling ...

Dreams of inspiring a future Olympian at a publicly run aquatics center in Bartow will have to wait. The city's "wow factor" swimming pool project has been cut from the budget in favor of ...