New Skatepark
Kelly McManis giving his thoughts at the skatepark meeting.
The city of Omaha is planning to build another skatepark in the La Vista area. 15 years ago we got together and started meeting every week. After 5 years of working like crazy, meeting with the city and other skateboarders and finally getting organized with the help of Marc Kraft and the Student Democrats, we got a park built in 1999.
Last time, we met with an architecture firm and I think things turned out fine. This time however, the city is hiring an actual skatepark firm. I think this will help with all the details we overlooked.
Seems like a lot of people are pushing towards a plaza style park and suggested no transition. But the park is going to be smaller than Roberts Park. So I agree it should be a plaza style park, but also surround the sides with transitions and banks. And instead of stairs, have banks or step-ups. People can still jump down them, but it leaves more options for everyone.
I’m excited to see how this turns out. I hope they choose the right people for the design committee.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
All eyes on me…..It looks like I might have something profound to say….Nope…..Just build a nice park….But wait until you see what designs I’ve cooked up for future meetings…..
April 12th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I am so excited for a new park! and I can’t wait to skate the mini-ramp again!
June 1st, 2008 at 7:34 am
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
let’s hope there’s different sizes of stairs and a plaza type format. i hope this is bigger than roberts.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:43 pm
It’s going to be a little smaller than Roberts.
But the designs I saw that Pillar did looked great. These are the guys that did the DC Skate Plaza. We still need to interview a few companies and decide who to go with.
It looks like we’re going to do a plaza type format plus some transition.
I’ll keep you updated on my blog here.
June 15th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
is there any place i can see a sketch of the park or when will one be released
June 17th, 2008 at 6:24 am
We have a couple designs, but we can’t let any out until the company is decided on.
I’ll post them here when I can.