The city of Longmont has closed two of its skateparks due to dilapidation of prefabricated ramps. You can read about the closures at this link.
Since the City Council plans to review the city’s park system this weekend, CCPS has drafted a template letter you can use to express your support of upgrading the old skateparks to poured in place concrete construction. Click here for the letter. You can copy and paste (and edit with your own words) the text into Longmont’s City Council web form.
Monte Vista has released a RFP for their planned skatepark at Montez Park. Proposals are due by March 1, 2012 at 2:00pm. The city has budgeted $455,000 in cash and in-kind services for the skatepark. Here is the RFP document.
Misiano Skateparks has been awarded the contract to design and build the new Buena Vista Skatepark. This will be the company’s first skatepark in Colorado. The Buena Vista park will be 8,000 square feet. There is a design meeting planned with Misiano for Thursday, February 9th @ 6pm at the BV Community Center, which is located at 715 East Main Street in Buena Vista.
Brush, Colorado is located just east of Fort Morgan. The town is planning on constructing a new skatepark in 2012. Parks and Recreation Director, Lance Schwindt, will apply for a Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) grant in February with grant monies expected to be awarded in June. Construction of the facility, to be located at Pioneer Park at the corner of Mill Street and Hospital Road, is hoped to begin in July. See this link for more information.
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) has announded their grant funding for Fall 2011 applications. Monte Vista was awarded $350,000 to construct a new concrete skatepark. Go to GOCO to learn more about the next grant cycle.
Loveland is planning a new community park on the west side of town (north of 22nd Street, south of 29th Street and west of Wilson Avenue) and it is likely that a skatepark will be included in the plan. Attend the first of three community meetings to voice your support for the skatepark. Check out this link for more information.
The first public workshop is scheduled for December 15, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:30pm at The Police Institute, which is located at 810 E 10th Street in Loveland (please enter the building from the east side).
Construction of the new Wheat Ridge Skatepark was delayed this fall, because of general contractor/site preparation issues, not because of the skatepark contractor. Construction is now set to begin in Spring of 2012 with anticipated completion by the end of May 2012. The park budget allows for a 10,000 – 12,000 square foot park with a variety of features. The skatepark was designed and will be constructed by Team Pain Skate Parks. The design is considered conceptual and was presented to the city and the public in April 2011. The new skatepark will be located in Discovery Park at the intersection of 38th Ave. and Kipling in Wheatridge.
The new Pagosa Springs Skatepark is now open. Pillar Design Studios designed the skatepark and Who Skates completed construction. The skatepark is located in Yamaguchi Park, which is located at 684 S. 5th St. in Pagosa Springs.
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