POUR IT NOW » Groundbreaking http://www.pouritnow.com If your city doesn’t have a good skatepark then your city is the skatepark. Fri, 04 May 2012 20:49:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 City of Columbia to Break Ground on South Carolina’s First Custom Concrete Skateboard Park http://www.pouritnow.com/city-of-columbia-to-break-ground-on-south-carolinas-first-custom-concrete-skateboard-park/ http://www.pouritnow.com/city-of-columbia-to-break-ground-on-south-carolinas-first-custom-concrete-skateboard-park/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:33:43 +0000 Ryan http://www.pouritnow.com/?p=101 Monday August 31, 2009 at 4:30pm the City of Columbia will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the much anticipated skateboard park at Owens Field (1351 Jim Hamilton Blvd). Thirty year veteran skateboard park designer, Wally Hollyday has worked with the skateboarders of SC to create a design that everyone is anxious to see realized.

Designs for the first custom concrete skateboard park in South Carolina.

Three years of work from countless volunteers and a huge commitment from the City assisted POUR IT NOW in securing the $25,000 Tony Hawk Foundation grant for this skateboard park. The project was championed by former City Council woman, Anne Sinclaire and backed by Mayor Bob and the rest of City Council. The City of Columbia fully embraced the concept of encouraging and harnessing the high level of energy skateboarders possess.

The skatepark will provide a safe haven for kids like Jack Winburn to recreate away from traffic.

This park will provide a safe haven for Columbia’s youth, enabling them to participate in healthy physical activity in a public place away from traffic.

]]> http://www.pouritnow.com/city-of-columbia-to-break-ground-on-south-carolinas-first-custom-concrete-skateboard-park/feed/ 1