BobLand Skatepark

HERE is a video about building skateparks. any doubt that skatepark design and construction is a "mainstream" phenomenon?

Northside Cincinnati Skatepark Concept Drawings

370,000 Dollars isn't much to ask, really

How does Historic Cincinnati, Ohio compare to Harrisburg Oregon? In THIS (click here) article, we find out that over 300K wasn't impossible to raise. They employed a high-quality design-build firm and have an already famous park!

State of the SkatePark Effort

This January Meeting of the Northside Community Council, I stood up and gave my honest take on how things are going. Here is a bullet list of things I put out there..

Team Members:
* Lora Jost: Grant Researcher/Grant Writer
* Bill Williams III: Lifelong Northsider/Purveyor of Fine Coffees
* Pippin Rush: Local Resident/Former Sponsored Skateboarder
* Lew Ross: Skateboarding Industry Consultant/Advocate



Process State:
1. We await the final plan of ODOT, which will present us with our final form of the plot at Virginia/Colerain.
2. exploring grant options.
3. two petition drives for the Spring.
4. We have obtained a proper drawing from a professional skatepark design firm. This drawing is only a preliminary sketch. Our final form will reflect a comprehensive planning process
5. We have a working website.
6. The Northside Skatepark Effort has been granted Committee status, enabling us to raise funds under the 501(c)3 status of the Community Council
7. We have obtained Committee Coalescence, and a good set of strengths have come together. We are approaching a healthy balance for action.


Goals:
With the present surge in popular understanding of the immense benefits that skateboarding presents to youth and adults in our neighborhood, along with a rational comparison to towns like Louisville, KY, which has already built a skatepark that costed 1,000,000.00 dollars, we are shooting for at least a 300,000 dollar skatepark here.

This spring will be a time of PR and fundraising.

Skatepark in Afghanistan!

With skateboarding bringing obvious benefits, not only to suburban, affluent Americans outside the metro loop, but to the citizens of war-torn Afghanistan, don't you think it's time for us to prioritize the construction of skateboarding facilities within reach of our most needy children, teens and twenties?

Click HERE to read the NY Times Article

Northside Community Council: May Report

Tonight I shared with the council that we've made progress:
One grant-hunter
Two PR Gurus
two good leads on grants, with people ready to try writing them...

We already had:
a site
community council support in a written resolution

Our Goals:
this month
--to set up a financial "container" for fundraising through the Northside Community Council
--to get one or two more committed grant hunters
--to begin applying for grants in earnest.

Next Directions:
Corporate Sponsorships
Broaching the subject with the City Council for their support

I can't say enough about the pleasure it is to work with the Northside Community Council. I have the feeling that a movement to build neighborhood skateparks will develop out of this, affecting OTR and West End, Corryville, and Clifton, South Cumminsville and many other neighborhoods. Heck, Sedamsville has a proposed park!

We're looking at great possibilities for the youth and young adults and young-at-heart-adults of Cincinnati to have equal opportunity, without regard to economic status, to use skateboarding facilities! As it is now, you have to own a car or live in a nice neighborhood to use a park. Skateparks are for everyone!

until next post...

This is DELHI, people. DELHI!!! Please send me grant-hunters!!!

DELHI OH. Delhi has had a park for a YEAR now. 600 people at the opening. at least 20 per day during the WINTER!!! 100 per day easily.
Cincinnati governing people: listen up! Skateparks are GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES!!! Grumpy old Delhi has one and the stores around it can tell you about how many drinks they're selling, how much gas gets guzzled... the cops can tell you that skaters aren't half as rowdy as the basketball ganstas. Seriously, get me a team of grantsters and let's get funding that can get CRC adn the Gov't to HELP US share the wealth!!!!