By Daily Press staff
It’s time to help design Santa Monica’s new skatepark. City Hall is asking citizens to help design the new park, which will be at Memorial Park, located at Olympic Boulevard and 14th Street. A skatepark design workshop will be held on Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. The workshop is a follow-up to the first workshop that was held on July 14.
Wally Holliday, who has designed some of the country’s best skateparks, including those in Fontana, Calif. and Lakewood, Calif., will present the latest version of the skatepark design, which is the result of an extensive skatepark survey, and input from skaters and BMX riders.
The 30,000-square-foot skatepark will be constructed this spring and will open next fall. The Santa Monica City Council in July 2002 approved to replace the playground area in Memorial Park with the skatepark. The playground will be relocated.
The meeting will be held at the Ken Edwards Center, 1527 Fourth St. in Santa Monica. The center is served by Big Blue Bus Lines 2, 3, and 9 and is wheelchair accessible.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2003. Read the original PDF.