The foundation, Atlanta's most recent, and quite possibly most popular DIY park has seen its final days. This is a timelapse of those final moments.
Foundation Update May 2010
As of May 29th 2010, the progress looks like this:
Atlanta Tops the Tony Hawk Foundations 2010 Grant list May 2010
This is amazing!!
5/4/10 (Vista, CA) – "The Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark is a key component of Atlanta, Georgia’s downtown redevelopment effort, the Atlanta BeltLine. It’s also been a long time coming for a city that is one of the country’s major skateboarding hubs, and will help redefine an historic community that is lacking in public recreational space. For those and many other equally compelling reasons, the Tony Hawk Foundation Board of Directors voted last week to award Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (the implementing entity of Atlanta’s comprehensive urban redevelopment initiative) $25,000 to help complete the 15,000-square-foot skatepark." -Read more
Foundation Fundraiser April 2010
Come out and skate one last time before the foundation is demolished to make way for Atlanta's first public skatepark! Money is being raised to help the efforts! Hope to see you there!
Foundation Park Concept Ideas Aug 2009
Here are the plans Brad intends on showing at the meeting on the 27th. He said he's got a lot of input and to keep it coming. Log into the Pillar site and make any comments you have.
The Next skatepark design meeting with the park designer is scheduled for Thursday August 27th at the J.D. Sims Rec Center. The center is on Angier Ave 1 block west off Glen Iris between Rankin St and Angier Ave (see map). The meeting is from 6:30 - 8pm
Check these out! Once you look them over, login to the Pillar site and make any comments you have.
The Next skatepark design meeting with the park designer is scheduled for Thursday August 27th at the J.D. Sims Rec Center. The center is on Angier Ave 1 block west off Glen Iris between Rankin St and Angier Ave (see map).The meeting is from 6:30 - 8pm
From Brad - "We talked about a door way in the park design and with that in-mind we need to design around it so that we have the proper flow. Here are a few ideas to base the design of the flow bowl on:"
Please log into the Pillar site and make any comments you may have.
This next skatepark design meeting is scheduled for Thursday August 27th at the J.D. Sims Rec Center. The center is on Angier Ave 1 block west off Glen Iris between Rankin St and Angier Ave (see map). The meeting is from 6:30 - 8pm
Hope to see you there.
Skater Collaboration Requested Aug 2009
The meeting held on the 29th went well. Brad from Pillar Design Studios was there to answer questions and to take notes about the ideas that some of the skaters brought up at the meeting.
If you were not there, you can still give input. Brad has been back at his office for a couple weeks and would like local input. Please log into his site at: http://www.pillardesignstudios.com/ and give your feedback as this project gets underway under the community involvement area.
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The next meeting where Brad will present his 1st concepts is scheduled for August 27th. Location: tbd
We'll update via our Twitter page when we know more.
If there are sketches you'd like to upload, scan them in and let us know. We'll get them uploaded to the server and share them with Brad and his team at Pillar.
PUBLIC INPUT MEETING July 2009
This meeting is a must to attend if you live in the city of Atlanta. This is the first of many parks that are on master plans within the city limits.
If you have an opinion on how you want Atlanta's first real skateparks designed and built, BE THERE! It's on!
Where: Stratosphere Skateshop
Little 5 Points - Atlanta
When: Wednesday July 29th
Time: 7PM
This is something that needs attention. Please spread the word. Thanks June!
SPA Is Lookig for Volunteers May 2009
Yes, we haven't posted in a while, but we're in the works to start back up. Interested in becoming involved in getting skate parks built in your area? email us at info@skateparksofatlanta.org and volunteer. Help is needed!
Area Skate Park Map Feb 2008
Thanks to the boys at ATL BMX for this wicked app!
We've been a bit out of the loop on this one, but we felt you needed to know. The latest installment of the Gwinnett Parks skate park plan has yielded this design from skate park designers Pillar Design. Check it out and send some feedback. We'd love to hear your thoughts.
I can see one thing that I'd suggest. Art work in that center piece. Art work and skate parks! YES!!
USSF June 2007
We were contacted about changing the world recently. How can you turn down something like that? The USSF is in town and are sponsoring a skate event with skate like a girl on Fri June 29th and Sat June 30th. Please come out and support these skaters trying to make a difference in their community and through out the world
Park updates - Photos May 2007
ATLSkater.com has some killer photos of local skate parks that are in the progress of being built. Check them out when you get a chance to see how these parks are coming along.
Skateboard Art Show - Youngblood May 2007
YoungBlood is having it's 3rd annual skateboard show May 12th. GO! There will be some totally tight obstacles to skate and some wicked rad rippers there too. Rock on! Oh yeah, and some ill skate boards! Bring some money. All boards are $100 and are finely crafted by some well known artists from across the lands. Check the names on the flyer to see if you recognize any.
Brook Run Skate Park Meeting January 2007
There has been a meeting requested to get some status of the Brook Run Project by local skaters.
The Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 4th, at 6pm, at a meeting room in the city hall of Avondale Estates.
Address is:
21 North Avondale Plaza
Avondale Estates, Ga. 30002
Here is a link to Google maps of the location- Google Maps Avondale is just East of Decatur.
Intown directions:
Get to the Decatur square on Ponce de Leon and head East on Ponce away from the square. Turn right at Sam's Crossing/Arcadia street which is just past the Avondale Marta station on Ponce. Go over the bridge and turn left at the light. Stay in the left lane. After you cross Clarendon Avenue look for City Hall on the left hand side of the street and park in the back. The meeting room can be accessed by the back door.
Directions from I-285:
Exit at Ponce de Leon Avenue and go west towards Decatur and downtown Atlanta. After you cross N. Decatur Road the next light will be Clarendon Avenue. Note that it is a 3 way intersection. Turn left at the light and follow Clarendon down. Go down Clarendon to Avondale Road and take a left at the light. City Hall will be come up quickly on the left had side of the road. Park in the back lot. The entrance to the room will be in the back of the building.
Last week, Dekalb county put the Brook Run Skate Park project out to bid to builders. The cut off date for builders to get in their proposals is the 27th of July 2006. Then, from what we believe as the process, Dekalb county will review the proposals that were submitted. If they like what they see, Dekalb will award the contract to a builder. The builder will then have maybe 30 days (our estimate) to get their prep work done to start the job rolling and hopefully 3-4 months after they break ground we will have the first public park in the area to skate! Spread the word. We are excited!
Go Skateboarding Day June 2006
Ok boys and girls. Go Skateboarding Day is upon us once again.
What is Go Skateboarding Day you ask? Good question! Go Skateboarding Day is an international day for skaters to hit the streets and do what they love. We at Skate Parks of Atlanta encourage all skaters to get out, in the streets, and go skate June 21st. Show the city you're there. Go Skate. Have fun. Be safe. Before you go shoot off an email and tell them of your needs. Our city has to hear our voices. Still not sure who to write, it’s these fine people within our government. Let them know we are here. Educate them on our expectations. Show them we care about what we do. This is your chance to get out there and make your voice heard. Go skate and tell them Skate Parks of Atlanta sent ya!
What are you waiting for? Get off the computer and Go Skate! Videos: GSD Promo I Poster/Flyer (pdf)
Atlanta's Belt Line May 2006
Atlanta is on the verge of creating a world class parks system with it's Belt Line Project. Skate Parks of Atlanta thinks to be a truly world class park system they need to recognize the most rapidly growing recreational activity in the world. Skateboarding! Please help Atlanta see our plee and hear our voices by commenting on the largest park endevour in our city's history. The Belt Line!! This Friday, May 19th, is the last day for community input via the beltline community web site. Take a few moments and fill out the surveys that pertain to skating within the beltline. Those are the Parks and Trails Survey, the Public Arts Survey and the General Community Input Survey.
We believe there are many creative ways to help the city and the skaters come together to make skating a postive thing rather than the negative activity it's been unjustly deemed. Help us help them see the light.
Some topics of discussion in your input could be:
No skate parks in Atlanta. Period!
There is a huge numbers of skaters disenfranchised in this great city
A skate park system needs to be established
Skatable art should be looked at as a viable solution as well as larger skate parks. These skate spots could be scattered through out the city/beltline as designated skate spots for skaters.
We are members/supporters of Skate Parks of Atlanta. We have a voice. Please listen.
Besides this community input for the beltline, emailing and calling your city representative is a great way to get your voices heard. Let them know you think the beltline is a great idea, but it could be even greater if it included an appropriate amount of skate spots too. Besides the Beltline, this city has other places to put skate parks. Encourage our leaders to look at those too. At the end of the page is contact info for City Council Members, the Mayor and Parks and Recreation.
Skaters Unite April 2006
Does Atlanta Hate Us or is it that Atlanta doesn't know us? Atlanta skate photographer Ryan Flynn keeps us on our toes (and shoots some sick photos for us all to enjoy)!
Your support is needed to make sure that it stays on the Master Plan and that it's given the proper respect and love it needs to become a killer park for the area.
It is important that you stand up and talk. All you have to say is that you support the skate park. Get on the list in the back of the room to say that. If not, no one thinks it is needed and could get bumped from the Master Plan. Your voice needs to be heard! Spread the word.
It will be beneficial if everyone who stands up give a different reason why the park should be built. Here are a few ideas for you to build off:
1) No parks in the area. Period!
2) Tons of Skaters (see .. 6 below for rough estimate on local area no's)
3) Tourist attraction (skaters and their families from all over will come)
4) Can be the first in the area to have a great park. Set a precedence.
5) Ball Parks etc... have plans for new parks within the parks and rec system every year, why not skate parks. Make this the first!
6) A shop in the area sold over 1300 boards alone in the month of Dec. Just imagine if a kid got a new board every two months. That is a minimum of 2600 kids that skate (who support this shop, not to mention the other shops in the area).
7) kids out on streets and on business property because they have no where else to go.
8) How many other people in the room get tickets and fines for the recreations you choose?
We encourage all of you (Kennessaw residents or not) to invite out friends and family as well. Its a big amount of land and there are many interested parties involved in planning what goes onto this property. Make sure a well thought out skate park gets on the list.
extra info:
Landscape Architect who is on the project:
Ed Czyscon
Director of Landscape Architecture
WK Dickson
770) 955-5574 egczyscon@wkdickson.com
Links: http://ga-kennesaw.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=263
(This is the link to see and download the current Master Plan) Pulled from Kennesaw web site: Public Comment
The Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Department requests your input during the master plan process. Contact Doug Taylor at (770) 422-9714 or e-mail dtaylor@kennesaw-ga.gov.
Support Belt Line Parks April 2006
The Atlanta Development Authority has launched its community engagement framework. One of the initial steps in this process has been to launch the BeltLine Community web site (www.beltlinecommunity.com), where you can learn more about the project, download the community engagement toolkit and, very importantly, express your views on the BeltLine and the inclusion of skate parks. We urge you to go to http://www.beltlinecommunity.com/communityinput.asp and fill out the surveys for General Community Input and Parks & Trails. THESE ARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT SURVEYS FOR PARK ADVOCATES TO COMPLETE. This is your opportunity to ensure that the BeltLine fulfills its potential for transforming Atlanta's park system by including skate parks. Please make your voice heard!
Imagine a skate park system in the Atlanta area. Portland Oregon's City Council passed a 19 skatepark system just last year. Atlanta could do the same and with the Beltline we have the opportunity to do so. Spread the word and make your voices heard. Feel free to contact us with questions. We would love to hear what you may say.
Kennesaw Park Meeting March 2006
Whoa! Just found out about a meeting today in Kenessaw regarding a new park land. Rumor has it there is a a skate park slated for the area. Tonight is a presentation meeting to get public input on Kenessaw's New Swift-Cantrell Park at 6:30. Get out if you can to see what they have to say and see how you can make it better! Bring the fam. A skate park is in the mix...
Specifics:
Kennesaw Parks and Rec Phone #
770) 422-9714
Tonight 6:30
City Hall Council Chambers
2529 J.O. Stephenson Ave.
Kennesaw, GA 30144
(770) 424-8274
So, if you look below, there used to be a building on the site that the skatepark was going to sit. Well, since Dekalb received more funds for the park in November, they decided to demo the existing building and design a new building. So yes... that is where the delay has been (recently) to get the park going. There was a previous delay w/ funding, but that has been taken care of as of the November bond referendum passing. Then there was a delay w/ getting the construction docs finalized, but that is (we assume) taken care of. We are eagerly awaiting the plans to go out for bid. We've heard that will happen on the 1st of April. Lets not hope that is an April fools gag. Never-the-less, the actual skate park is not altered from the original plans and we are assured that a quality builder will be sought out to get this thing built properly. Word is, another nine (9) months before we can actually skate it. Lets hope this time frame is padded a bit.
As far as pads and fees, well we are keeping our fingers crossed that this park will be a skate at your own risk in the same fashion as the other park in Dekalb county is (Decatur's McKoy Park). No official word has been given on this. We do know however, that the building being designed is going to be a gateway into the park. If you have concerns about this, please contact Dekalb county representatives and voice your opinion.
One good thing, with that money acquired, the park will have lights for night skating! Thank god. The south is too hot for this not to happen. Any further updates will be posted ASAP.
Duncan Creek Plans Revealed January 2006
Wally Holiday has released the plans for the Duncan Creek Park recently. Here is a look see at what is going on into the North.
Go Skateboarding Day is an international day for skaters to hit the streets and do what they love to do. This is a great opportunity to show the city you're out there and you need some place to go. But more importantly, it's just a day reserved (and observed) for ALL to skate.
What are you waiting for? Get off the computer and Go Skate! Watch the videos: GSD Promo I Poster/Flyer (pdf)
Gwinnett Gears up for a park at Duncan Creek March 21st 2005
It seems that our friends to the north are in the process of getting a great 20,000 sq ft park built. We are mentioning this because they have a design meeting scheduled for this week by park designer/builder Wally Holiday and feel those that read our site outside the metro Atlanta area need to be out there attending the meeting. For those that don't know Holiday is the builder of the latest Nashville Park and has a good standing with skaters for building good parks.
Below are some key details:
The workshop will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday March 24th at the Mill Creek High School Media Center, 4400 Braselton Highway, Hoschton.
Duncan Creek Park will be located nearby off Ga. 124. Construction starts in 2006.
As many of you are aware, Mayor Shirley Franklin appointed a special task force to review the proposed, overall plan of the North woods of Piedmont Park (which includes a skate park). This task force is beginning their meetings (which you can attend) starting this week. Please review the times and dates and try to make it out to voice your gratitude for the inclusion of a skatepark into the plan.
*Your input will only be heard at the community comment meeting.
March 21 - Briefing and Presentation of the Plan 12pm-3pm - Magnolia hall (@ piedmont park)
April 1 - Public Comment* 12pm-2pm - City Hall, Committee Room 1
April 18 - Expert and technical presentations 12pm - 2pm - City Hall, Committee Room 1
May 5 - Deliberation and Decision 4pm - 6pm - City Hall, Committee Room 1
Skate Parks of Atlanta received a wide variety of input based on preliminary design concepts A & B presented by SDG last month. Those who were in attendance at yesterdays meeting were overall very pleased with the final design that has materialized from all the hard work put forth by your input on the initial concepts. You can view the most recent version below:
Dekalb County Parks and Rec, along with Site Design Group, have compiled your input from the preliminary designs and want to have another meeting to show you the results of all your good effort!
The meeting will be held Sat. March 19th at 10:00 a.m. at the theatre at Brook Run.
In the meanime, if there are any questions or you still want to try and get some last minute ideas out there, by all means, fill out the form and get your voice heard.
Below are some of the initial concept renderings of the Dunwoody park (A and B).
Please look over these carefully and email us your comments/design ideas. The designers need these comments within the week or else the way they have it designed is how it will get built. This is your chance to get the elements in the park that you want to see. It's also your chance to voice your opinion and give feedback about what you see now.
Suggested Key Features you may want to review are:
• Transitions heights
• Flow
• Street Obstacles
Download pdf of A to review (use this file to zoom in) Close up of Rendering A
Download pdf of B to review (use this file to zoom in) Close up of Rendering B
Piedmont Park Update February 17, 2005
"Mayor Shirley Franklin today announced the formation of the North Woods Expansion Master Plan Task Force. The task force is comprised of 11 individuals charged with reviewing the preliminary master plan developed over the past year by a community advisory group, consultants and city staff for the North Woods of Piedmont Park." Read more »
What does this mean for the skate park on the proposed plan? Time will tell. There has been no public opposition to this element of the park's expansion plan that we have seen, so we would like to believe that the skate park wont leave the plan any time soon. Keep in mind that this is a community process and if opposition does arise, things could change. The best thing you can do is to keep attending your NPU meetings and staying on top of your encouraging emails to Mayor Shirley Franklin, your City Council representative and Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs Commissioner, Diane Harnell Cohen about the need for skate parks in Atlanta. We will too.
Remember, until this plan is approved by City Council and the Mayor, a skate park, or any other element you may like, will not be created at Piedmont Park. We cannot stress enough how important it is for you to send your emails.
As many of you are aware, Skate Parks of Atlanta has had a representative on the Advisory Committee for Piedmont Park's North Woods Reclamation Project for the last year now. The above rendering is what has resulted in our efforts in regards to the skate park. But the fight is not over and the proposed plan has not gone through the final city processes to be approved yet.
Getting out to your local NPU (Neighborhood Planning Unit) meetingNOW will help support the Proposed Skate Park in Piedmont Park.
It is very important that you show the rest of Atlanta you want this for it to be approved by City Council. We all know it’s wanted / needed. Now is the time that we let the city know.
Not sure of the NPU you live in or own a business in? Click here for a map. (847kb pdf)
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