Mark Johnson gives us an update on what’s going on over at the River City Skate Park at Cloverdale and 99.

The park is finally underway.  We received the remaining funding in 2008 ($90,000 from Department of Neighborhoods) and were in a permitting tangle for the better part of ’09.  The overly wet spring kept us from moving any dirt on site until just recently.  During the permitting lapse, Grindline’s work load diminished, as did their cashflow, requiring them to charge cost for the labor to build the park rather than donate the whole thing as originally planned.  We had only raised funds to build a park that would receive labor gratis, so Grindline went back to the board and designed what I think is the best option for South Park. » keep reading »