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Skateboarders ask Raleigh to designate permanent DIY and public skate spaces
Summary
Speakers representing local skate communities urged council to create legally sanctioned DIY skate spaces and include skate facilities in new park developments rather than relying on temporary or demolished sites.
Paul Thompson and Riley Murphy, public commenters, urged the council to include skate parks in future city park developments and to identify spaces for legally sanctioned do-it-yourself (DIY) skate areas.
Thompson said Raleigh’s skateboard population lacks adequate space and proposed that a DIY approach would be the “fastest and cheapest” way to establish more skate infrastructure. Riley Murphy described local progress since March—designs, social-media outreach and fundraising—while noting a longtime DIY centerpiece was torn down six weeks earlier and that another existing rally space is slated for demolition.
Speakers asked for multiple, varied skate spaces rather than a single large facility and requested inclusion in planning for projects at JC Park, Smoky Hollow, Dix Park and other sites. No formal council action or staff response is recorded in the public-comment segment; speakers provided contact information to continue the conversation and asked for the city to consider permanent options in public-park planning.
