An Historic Exhibit for the Northeast Spa and Pool Association

To commemorate its 60th anniversary, NESPA assembled a gallery of images to recap its evolution.

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You need to know where you came from to help you see where you’re going.

That’s the approach that the Northeast Spa and Pool Association took to commemorate its 60th anniversary. The organization, incorporated in May, 1958, gathered its best historic photos to create a timeline gallery of sorts at its main event, the Pool & Spa Show Powered by NESPA in Atlantic City.

“When you take a step back and realize all that we’ve done, it’s pretty incredible,” says Kelly McKelvey, NESPA’s director of communications and marketing.

The display also reminded attendees just how much of a family business the pool/spa industry is. “We had so many people come up and either recognize themselves or identify their great-grandparetnts,” McKelvey said. “I think a lot of people enjoyed being able to remember back to how their companies got started or how their families grew in the business.”

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Rebecca Robledo

Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”

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