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Skate advocates urge city to add small, low-cost 'skate spots' to neighborhood parks
Summary
Multiple speakers at the Parks Board meeting urged the board to include small skate features—ledges, benches, banks and ramps—in neighborhood parks as part of the parks master plan, arguing they are low-cost, quick to install and expand access for youth who cannot reach larger regional skate plazas.
A group of skateboard advocates and volunteers urged the Parks Board to add scalable skate features to neighborhood parks as part of an update to the Parks Master Plan, arguing the features would expand access for beginners and reduce the need for distant, large skate plazas.
Karen Della Vina, a skateboard community member and longtime Phoenix resident, told the board neighborhood skate areas would help beginners and make access to the sport more…
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