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Skate community asks Raleigh to sanction DIY skate park after Graveside demolition
Summary
Multiple speakers, skaters and advocates asked the council to provide a sanctioned site—suggesting JC Park—after the community-built Graveside DIY skate park was demolished. Speakers emphasized community-building, youth mentorship, trade skills, and precedent in other North Carolina cities.
Several members of Raleigh’s skate community pressed the council during public comment to approve a city-sanctioned DIY skate park after Graveside DIY—an 18,000‑square‑foot community-built site—was demolished to allow development.
Speakers included Miguel Magallanes, manager of Endless Grind Skate Shop; Paul Thompson, a commercial general-contractor employee and longtime skateboarder; Nathan Wellish, a photojournalist who documented Graveside; Nikki Knapp, founder of Skate Forward; Aaron…
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