Kennesaw Skatepark Closer to Reality
It is slated to open this summer.
Kennesaw reached a milestone this morning in its years-long quest to build a state-of-the-art skatepark when area leaders and skateboarding enthusiasts gathered at Swift-Cantrell Park for the groundbreaking of the first phase of the 40,000-square-foot park. "This is just an incredible day," Mayor Mark Mathews told the crowd. "... The skatepark ... started as a concept in '06 (and has) taken many different angles, many different avenues, many different designs. Today, seven years later, we're ready to start construction." The $1.8-million skatepark will be constructed in two phases. Phase I, the construction of a $740,827 skatepark plaza, is estimated to take six months. "Upon completion," Swift-Cantrell Park Foundation preisdent RJ Patel …
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petrafish
11:55 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
you gotta be crappin' me with this report. this deal had people grilling mayor matthews on fraud deals and charity scams with celebrity skater rob dyrdek and not a frakin mention in the story. take a page out of the kennesaw watch for how to do journalism more ›