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Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Imperial Beach Skatepark Design Meeting June 19th

Imperial Beach. June 12. 2007. The City of Imperial Beach will hold a public meeting to solicit input and design ideas for a proposed Imperial Beach Skatepark on Tuesday June 19th. Over the past year City staff and Imperial Beach council members have worked with local skateboarders to build support for a skateboard facility that would be built at Sports Park. Last August more than 50 people attended a City of Imperial Beach council meeting to urge the Mayor and Council to move forward on the skatepark project. Supervisor Greg Cox has provided a grant to the City of Imperial Beach for such a facility

Emily Young, the mother of two young skateboarders has been working closely with city staff and council members to involve the skating community in design efforts, "This is a great opportunity for skaters of all ages to provide ideas for the type of facility that will provide a great recreational resource for our children." According to Young, "The Tony Hawk Foundation has been extremely helpful in this process. We are grateful to Tony's brother Steve who is a writer on HBO's "John from Cincinnati" for connecting the City to the Foundation. I am hopeful that we can work pro-actively with the City to identify a variety of grants to build a park we can be proud of."

The meeting will be held on Tuesday June 19th, 6:30-8PM at IB Sports Park recreational facility at 423 Imperial Beach Blvd. For more information contact Tom Ritter of the City of Imperial Beach at 619.423.8614 or contact WiLDCOAST at 619.423.8665 ext. 201 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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