Advocacy and support toward the first state matching grant program for public skateparks, the MN State Skate Park Grant Program.
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Help Elliot Skate Plaza Receive a 2020 Hennepin County Youth Sports Grant to Fund Build
The two Hennepin Commissioners who represent the Elliot Park Neighborhood and to contact via email – Angela Conley and Marion Greene. Your support is needed again for the Elliot Skate Plaza! The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has moved the Elliot project forward for consideration for a Hennepin County Youth Program Grant of $245,000. […]
Speak Up For Funding Support at Elliot Skate Plaza
This Wednesday 10/2 the Minneapolis Park and Recreation will consider projects to request for the 2020 Hennepin County Youth Sports Grants. Lucky for us, skateparks are eligible for this grant for up to $300,000. Unlucky for us, the Mpls. Parks and Recreation are not placing a priority on Elliot Skate Plaza with these grants. Please […]
JXTA Skateable Art Plaza Host – Apply Today!
JXTA Skate Plaza Host(s) Role and Duties 1) Help create and maintain a positive, skate-friendly environment. Address, redirect, and intervene with plaza users if necessary, to maintain a positive environment that is welcoming to all. 2) Loan out and manage skateboards and helmets to users of the plaza, using provided skateboards and helmets. 3) Maintain […]
Juxtaposition Skate-able Art Plaza
The making of the Juxtaposition Arts Skate-able Art Plaza in North Minneapolis. A community public space that welcomes skateboarding, along with other multi-use activities.
Star Tribune – It’s wheels up at a new art/skate park on the MPLS North Side
Star Tribune Coverage of the opening of the Juxtaposition Skate-able Art Plaza – A neighborhood park is rising from the rubble of the Juxtaposition Arts building.
Southwest Journal: Grind pays off: Skateboard advocates make headway in Minneapolis
For local skate advocates, it’s a long time coming – Andrew Hazzard
Minnesota Skatepark Grants – NOW is the time to get involved!
“Skateboarding requires bravery, discipline, learning strategies, goal-setting and grit, and skateparks are where that happens. What more would we want from a park?” says Peter Whitley, program director for the Tony Hawk Foundation. – FIND and CONTACT your MN State House and MN State Senator representatives – To help our Minnesota cities and park programs […]
Public Skateparks Create Community
Minnesota Skateboarders share the importance and value of public skateparks to their communities. Support and help fund quality skateparks. Advocate for the 2020 $8.25M MN State Skate Park Grant bill. Info at cityofskate.org - Filmed by Tim Fulton, Kevin Horn, and Dallas Currie
Watch Concrete Dreams: a 3 part documentary about skatepark advocacy
To see all sides of skatepark advocacy, watch these videos. This series shows a skatepark being created from conception to completion in three segments taking place over a decade. Using verite documentary footage, interviews, archival video, and photos of community meetings and fundraisers, an engaging storyline that shows how dreams can become reality even if the […]