Post by bermshot on Jul 18, 2007 9:37:03 GMT -5
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PORTLAND — A skateboarding park will be built at Dougherty Field, the Portland City Council decided Monday.
The council voted 8-0 for the Douglass Street location, rejecting an alternative site on Preble Street Extension, near Back Cove Trail.
While some councilors initially supported the Preble Street site, a majority said that building a skate park on rundown tennis courts at Dougherty Field would be less expensive. Both sites are near Interstate 295.
The council directed the parks department to incorporate the skate park in drafting a new master plan for Dougherty Field.
Portland officials promised to replace the city’s original, wooden-ramped skate park on Marginal Way, which was removed for neighborhood redevelopment.
The city earmarked $75,000 for a new skate park. Skateboarding advocates say they will raise $250,000 to $350,000 to build a concrete skate park.
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We hear at The Skateboarding Times take our job seriously – to bring you the most up-to-date news on skateboarding, skate parks and the struggle against the anti-skateboarding establishment.
Ok, maybe that was a little over the top. But there’s news on the skateboard front – the Portland City Council unanimously approved the site of a new skateboarding park at their meeting last night.
After months of deliberation the council decided on the Dougherty Field site, near the old West Elementary School on Douglass Street, over a location off the Back Cove Trail.
Last month the council was scheduled to vote on the location of the park, but flinched as some councilors had misgivings about Dougherty Field and neighbors concerns.
In the end it appears the cost was the big factor in choosing Dougherty over Back Cove.
Of course the story’s just beginning as the park is expected to cost $250,000 - $350,000 to build. The city’s set aside $75,000 for the park and skateboarding groups have already raised around $10,000.
PORTLAND — A skateboarding park will be built at Dougherty Field, the Portland City Council decided Monday.
The council voted 8-0 for the Douglass Street location, rejecting an alternative site on Preble Street Extension, near Back Cove Trail.
While some councilors initially supported the Preble Street site, a majority said that building a skate park on rundown tennis courts at Dougherty Field would be less expensive. Both sites are near Interstate 295.
The council directed the parks department to incorporate the skate park in drafting a new master plan for Dougherty Field.
Portland officials promised to replace the city’s original, wooden-ramped skate park on Marginal Way, which was removed for neighborhood redevelopment.
The city earmarked $75,000 for a new skate park. Skateboarding advocates say they will raise $250,000 to $350,000 to build a concrete skate park.
pressherald.mainetoday.com/mondaymag/ellis/013892.html
We hear at The Skateboarding Times take our job seriously – to bring you the most up-to-date news on skateboarding, skate parks and the struggle against the anti-skateboarding establishment.
Ok, maybe that was a little over the top. But there’s news on the skateboard front – the Portland City Council unanimously approved the site of a new skateboarding park at their meeting last night.
After months of deliberation the council decided on the Dougherty Field site, near the old West Elementary School on Douglass Street, over a location off the Back Cove Trail.
Last month the council was scheduled to vote on the location of the park, but flinched as some councilors had misgivings about Dougherty Field and neighbors concerns.
In the end it appears the cost was the big factor in choosing Dougherty over Back Cove.
Of course the story’s just beginning as the park is expected to cost $250,000 - $350,000 to build. The city’s set aside $75,000 for the park and skateboarding groups have already raised around $10,000.