Thursday, March 14, 2013
Equus Capital Partners has included the skate park as part of phase one of the Madison Lot Redevelopment. It will be located in the northwest part of the Madison Lot parcel.
An announcement Wednesday night will make the heads of skaters and other fans of a much-discussed Lansdale concrete skate park spin faster than a 1080. Parks and Recreation Committee Chairwoman Mary Fuller announced at a Madison Lot Redevelopment sketch plan unveiling that the skate park will be part of the first phase of the redevelopment by Equus Capital Partners in Fourth Quarter 2013-First Quarter 2014. "With this project, Lansdale will get its skate park in a location that is accessible from all points. It's in the middle of town and it's very visible," Fuller said. "It fits the requirements that we put forth with parks and recreation and public safety, and it serves an underutilized portion of our community." Read more about the …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Lansdale Parks and Recreation is in the process of assessing borough-owned sites in Lansdale for a future location of a skate park
"We want them to have ownership, to be a part of it. More important, once it's built, you want them to say, 'Man. This is really what we've been looking for.' To go any other way would be foolish." - Carl Saldutti, Lansdale Parks and Recreation Director As previous reported on Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch, Lansdale Parks and Recreation Committee is making 2013 "The Year of the Skate Park." Borough Councilwoman Mary Fuller announced five potential locations that she and Saldutti are looking at for the skate park. Take the poll, and express your opinion of where you'd prefer a skate park. If you think it would do better on another piece of borough-owned property, or private property, let us know in the comments. (Reminder: The old Lans-…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Lansdale Borough Parks and Recreation Committee wants to organize a panel of skateboarders, young and old, to be involved in the design and development of a skate park during 2013
Skaters — your time has come. Lansdale Borough Parks and Recreation Committee is officially in the infancy stages of bringing a skate park to Lansdale Borough. "We have an underserved population in our community: the skateboarders," Saldutti said. "To enhance what we do and provide for that group, we earmarked a skate park. We would like to move that forward." Parks and Recreation Director Carl Saldutti said Wednesday night about $300,000 in seed money has been earmarked in the proposed 2013 budget for development of a skate park. "If you want to put in a concrete structure for a skate park, that was running somewhere around $32 a square foot. We were looking at a 10,000-square-foot facility — 100 by 100. So, we came up with the ballpark …
Steven Long
5:55 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Grrrrrreat ... the center of attention for Lansdale will be ... a SKATE PARK? So, you will be bringing hoards of youth to hang out in the boro. It does not sound like anyone did any conceptualization on how much income or spending money will accompany those youth. So, now you want the Commonwealth to pay for your bone-headed decision. This is the type of social decay that is killing the US ... … more ›