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A regional campaign · Northern Shenandoah Valley

Aquatic & Ice Facility

A year-round home for swimming, skating, education, safety, and wellness in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.

Swim, Skate, Learn, Compete, Play, Heal, Stay Well, Gather

Lane ropes stretching down a sunlit indoor competition pool

Aquatics

Open swimming, lessons, therapy, competitive events

Indoor ice rink

Ice

Community rink time, hockey, figure skating, competitive events

The road to opening day

A capital project like this moves in stages. Here's where we are today.

  1. ✓

    Vision & mission set

  2. ✓

    Programs proving demand

  3. 3

    Regional partners engaged

    In progress

  4. 4

    Site & feasibility

  5. 5

    Facility built

IN PROGRESS — SITE & FEASIBILITY

Conceptual aerial rendering of a proposed aquatic and ice center showing two NHL-size ice rinks, two 50-meter pools, locker rooms, and a second-floor viewing area.
AI-generated concept image. For illustrative purposes only — not an architectural design, site plan, or approved project.

Mission and Vision

2 For 2 exists to advance community well-being for all through aquatic safety, education, and physical and mental wellness.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to build relationships with municipalities and other public entities, share ideas, and promote programming models for the development of an Aquatic and Ice Facility in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.

Our Vision

Our Vision is a regional, state of the art Aquatic and Ice Facility in a premium, accessible location that is operationally self supporting, serves all potential user groups, and promotes sports destination tourism.

Programs

Aquatic programs

Water, all year long

From a child's first lesson to competitive teams and therapy — proof of demand, season after season.

Explore aquatics →

Ice programs

Rinks the Valley doesn't have

Hockey, skating, and gathering space our region drives hours to reach today — brought home under one roof.

Explore ice programs →

Built for Every Body

Access isn't a feature we add at the end — it's in the design from the start. Aquatic wheelchairs and zero-entry access, adaptive lessons, sled hockey and skating supports mean that a mobility device is never the reason someone sits on the sideline. Cradle to grave, every ability, year round.

A woman seated in a blue aquatic wheelchair at the edge of a pool, her feet resting on the footplate in the shallow water.
Aquatic wheelchairs make pool access possible without a transfer.
A sled hockey player driving across the ice, with teammates behind including a skater using a walker-style skating aid.
Adaptive skating and sled hockey put the ice within reach for everyone.

Momentum, by the numbers

  • 200+children waiting for a swim lesson slot

  • 8,900+Swim Lessons Supported to Date

  • 4+Years Advancing the Vision

  • 20+partners & supporters

Partners

Building it together

  • Bank of Clarke Foundation logo
  • Valley Health Wellness & Fitness logo
  • Access Independence logo
  • The Joey Pizzano Memorial Fund logo
  • Step Into Swim logo
  • Our Health logo
  • Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley logo
  • Winchester Swim Team logo
  • Stymie Labs logo
  • Clarke County Parks & Recreation logo
  • Strasburg Parks and Recreation logo
  • Pool & Hot Tub Alliance — Central Virginia Chapter logo
  • Diversity in Aquatics logo
  • Power Wellness logo
  • The Power of Change logo
  • Warren County Parks and Recreation logo
  • Winchester Country Club logo

Add your name to the effort.

Every partner, volunteer, and supporter moves this closer to reality.