“It will be quite a large park,” said Shannon Smith, a local mom, teacher and avid skateboarder affiliated with the skate park advocacy group Pour It Now. “We’re shooting for 40,000 square feet.”
The PRC’s decision Monday to fund the park follows about three years of on-and-off discussions between Charleston city officials and Pour It Now.
Downtown skatepark gets $2 million New Parks and Rec site will include other features by Christina Janke The Charleston County Parks and Recreation has approved $2 million to create a skatepark at the foot of the Cooper River Bridge, near Meeting and Huger St. “We’re very excited about this one,” says Executive Director Thomas O’Rourke. [...]
By Ken Hawkins, but enhanced by othersFiled Mar 31, 2010 at 10:33 pm $2 million set aside for a downtown Charleston skate park The Charleston City Paper is reporting that for the first time in decades downtown Charleston may get a skate park thanks to a $2 million commitment by Charleston County Parks and Recreation. [...]
NEW DIPT NYC ® NEWS: We have received word that $2 million has been set aside for a downtown Charleston skate park We have word from our down South counterparts that the Charleston County Parks and Recreation has approved $2 million to create a skatepark at the foot of the Cooper River Bridge, near Meeting [...]
