The St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners will host a ceremony on Tuesday, May 31 at 10 a.m. to celebrate the renaming of the Lincoln Park Open Space Pool to the Arthur Lee Boatwright Pool, located at 1211 Avenue M.

In November of 2021, St. Lucie County Commissioners passed a resolution renaming the Open Space Pool after Arthur Lee Boatwright. St. Lucie County’s Parks & Recreation staff recently finalized the signage to officially commemorate the new name of the public pool.

Boatwright was a Fort Pierce native, who returned to the area after college to work for the St. Lucie County School Board, coaching baseball at Lincoln Park Academy. He dedicated a lot of his time to teaching students the importance of water safety and how to swim, even working as a lifeguard in St. Lucie County in the late ‘70s.

In 1998, while working with special education students, Boatwright was once again offered a job with St. Lucie County as an Aquatics Supervisor at the Lincoln Park pool once it reopened and was quickly promoted to Aquatics Supervisor II. His love for the water started at an early age. After working at the pool for a little more than 12 years, his health began to fail and he retired in 2010. He passed away on Feb. 3, 2012.

The community is invited to join St. Lucie County Commissioners, staff, friends and the family of Arthur Lee Boatwright Pool as the county unveils the new signage commemorating the renaming of this facility on Tuesday, May 31 at 10 a.m.

One or more County Commissioner may be in attendance at this event.