Edgewood Skate Park

Skateboarders, City Hop Into The Weeds

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 

Parks Director Becky Bombero asked the dozen skaters, skateboarders and bikers assembled before her what day of the week they would be available to come to help pull weeds as their sweat equity contribution to a new skate park.

“Almost everyone has Sundays off,” BMX rider Justin Kearney said, “since a lot of us in retail have to work on Saturdays.”

“OK, what time on Sunday?” Bombero asked.

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Skateboarders Brainstorm On Coogan 2.0

Tuesday’s night’s meeting.

Tuesday’s night’s meeting.

Tuesday, January 25, 2017 - David Moser offered a simple choice to the group of skaters and bikers and rollerbladers gathered in a circle before him Tuesday night: “Concrete vs. asphalt.”

“How critical is that difference?” the city’s landscape architect asked, flipping through his notes on the ideal design of an urban skate park.

“Very!” Nearly everyone in the room shouted at once, voicing their unanimous support for concrete.

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