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Donor and council debate skate-park location at pocket park; council favors alternative site pending public hearing
Summary
Council discussed whether a donated pocket park should host a skate park or remain a family-oriented green space; the donor said he envisioned swings and playground equipment, while several council members indicated a preference for placing a skate park across the street and to begin planning funded at $100,000 contingent on a public hearing.
Keene City Council members and residents debated whether a small donated parcel known as the pocket park should host a skate park or remain primarily a family-friendly, shade-filled green space. The council indicated preference for an alternate site and agreed to start preliminary planning funded at $100,000, subject to required public hearings.
A resident who identified himself as the donor of the pocket park told the council, "that wasn't my vision when I gave that land to the city. What I had in my mind ... was a place where mothers could go for swings, slides, merry-go-round, stuff like that." He said a skate park at that location "would kinda defeat…
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