Vancouver Skateboard Coalition

Looks like trouble’s a brewin’ over at the Park Board. Some staff members aren’t happy, and now we aren’t either. Why? Because on Monday (March 10th) at 7pm, the Park Board is holding a meeting to approve the current draft of the 2009-2011 Capital Plan… a plan that doesn’t include any funding for a new skatepark (look at page 3 near the bottom). What happened to the Park Board’s Skateboard Strategy?

When the Skateboard Strategy was approved in October 2005, Quilchena (Vancouver’s newest skatepark) had already been built. In 2006, when the Park Board told us that they were “leaning towards” bulldozing the bowls at China Creek, we were repeatedly assured that China Creek would be quickly replaced by the new skateparks that the Skateboard Strategy would be bringing to the city. And now they’re proposing a budget that completely cuts us out until 2011?

Want to do your part to help out Vancouver’s skateboard scene? Of course you do. So come to the Park Board Administration Office (2099 Beach Drive) on Monday, March 10th at 7:00pm. You also want to personally tell them what you think, so register to speak by calling the Board Secretary at 604-257-8451 before noon on the day of the meeting. The Vancouver Skateboard Coalition will be there and we’d love to see as many of you out as possible.

There is a meeting at 11am this Saturday the 8th starring Shuggy and the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition. We will be discussing skateboard programs for Strathcona Community Centre. All the ducks are in place we just need to work out the deets. Do you want to help?

The meeting is at Our Town at 245 East Broadway.

Mini ramp contest March 8 at 6pm 2425 Main street. No Haslams or Keegans. 3 dollar entry3 peeps on a team … pre enter at antisocial…call in 604 708 5678 for more deets! FUN FUN FUN! The rest you will have to wait for ….oh …….so come shred and learn some moves. And if you know anybody that might be down to judge, we need three…. Tell them to come on doon!

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