Department joins fundraising process for skate park project

Rochester to Build First Public Skate Park - Hour Detroit Magazine

In 2007, when I was 9, my mom signed me up for skateboarding lessons. They were at a place called South Street Skatepark, located in a warehouse along the Clinton River in Rochester, my hometown. I was a shy kid who hated organized sports. But suddenly, I felt motivated by an after-school activity. The memories remain vivid for me, as they do for many of my childhood friends. “We didn’t yell at you back then, did we?” owner Linda Gallaher asks m…

Department joins fundraising process for skate park project

HARTFORD — The Hartford Parks & Recreation Department has some exciting youthdriven changes planned for the Skate Park at Veterans Memorial Park, 777 S. Main St., but it needs help from the community to raise the funds required for the…