City Center Skateboard park designs unveiled | Community Spirit

Press release courtesy City of Eugene and SkateEugene

Tuesday night community members are invited to the unveiling of three preliminary concept designs for the City Center Skatepark in downtown Eugene.

The unveiling will take place at 6 p.m. in the Bascom/Tykeson room of the Eugene Public Library at 100 W. 10th Avenue. This meeting is the third in a series of public design workshops.

In addition to discussing the designs created by the DreamLand SkateParks design team, Parks and Open Space staff will be reviewing comments made at the last workshop. Community  members unable to make the meeting can view the concept drawings and vote for their favorite online at the links below:

Design 1
Design 1 – another view

Design 2
Design 2 – another view

Design 3
Design 3 – another view

Eugene has been a leader in providing public skatepark facilities for over 15 years, with the first park completed in 1993 (Amazon Park). Since 2000, four other skateparks have been built, including Cal Young, Churchill, Bethel, and Trainsong. While these parks have been popular and come a long way towards meeting the community's needs, a strong showing of public support during the development of the Parks Recreation and Priority Plan (PROS) highlighted the need for another, larger facility serving the greater Eugene area. Dubbed the City Center Skatepark, this is intended to be a top-quality facility with full cover for year-round public use, rain or shine.

Not long after the PROS Plan was adopted by the Eugene City Council in 2006, partial funding was secured through the city's Capital Improvement Plan using revenue from park Systems Development Charges. The budget beginning July 2008 included $292,000 in seed money to help get the project started and serve as a foundation for a major community fundraising campaign.

SkateEugene, a local organization dedicated to making the City Center Skatepark a reality, has set an ambitions fundraising goal of $250,000 by April 2010. SkateEugene and the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division will be working in partnership to secure this funding as well as get local residents involved in the design process. Combined funds of $500,000 or more will be needed to design and build the new park.

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