I have very good news about the Roslyn skate park. We are all very fortunate to have had Tom Martyn and Pat Bodor step forward and donate their services toward the construction of the Roslyn skate park.
For those unfamiliar with Tom and Pat let me just say that they have each spent many years working with Grindline, one of the premier skate park designers in the world (www.grindline.com). Both Tom and Pat are prepared to take a leave of absence from work in order to see our project through and thier proposed timeline would have the park built by the end of summer 08.
However, for the park to be finished this quickly Pat and Tom must be allowed to start immediately. There is a meeting to be held Wed. April 30th at 7:00 p.m. in the Abington township building (1176 old york rd. Abington, PA 19001) A comity is going to vote whether or not to let Tom and Pat start building immediately.
If we have a strong showing of support we could be skating our very own concrete park by the end of the summer. If we do not have a strong showing this project could be put on the back burner and take years to complete.
I can’t stress enough how important it is to have a everyone come out to this meeting. We had almost a hundred people come out for the benefit this past Saturday, I know we can bring 3 times that many to this meeting. Thanks in advance. Cheers! -Rory
http://www.abington.org/
TZ is the man, he will hook us up with a sick park. i dont think i ever met pat tho
Stoked! I’m going… car pool anyone? I’ve got no ride. Get that crete started!
Sign up. I’m cheap. Now you have a car. So get it started yourself.
Skatepark builders are the new pro skaters.
Philly car share, thanks! I never heard of you before! So stoked you told me. I was thinking that maybe a few friends could go together, but hey, why bother right? We sure don’t need another skatepark.
Went to the meeting tonight it was great a bunch of kids and adults showed up and the rec. committee was in full support of the skatepark and the plan to have Tom and Pat build it. The full council will vote on the money and the plan next Thursday and I think it has a really good chance to pass and move forward. Good job Rory, Liz Kerr, Tom and Pat for getting this thing moving and props to the Abington locals for packing the meeting.
I was in attendence at the meeting and it seemed like all the commitee members were really supportive of it, but I’m not so sure that it wasn’t just playing to the crowd, which was very large and definitely pro-skatepark. It was also funny how when the skate park portion was over with the whole room cleared out.
i cant wait but where r they building it
Pat Bodor is a misreble fuck and thinks he knows everything. Practice some humilty POTHEAD!