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Election 2008

Here is a list of Ann Arbor candidates who are running for office in 2008, and their responses to a questionnaire we recently sent them (we will begin posting responses on July 10): Mayoral Candi... Read More »

Community Support and Endorsements

The following groups, organizations and individuals support the building of a free, concrete, permanent skatepark in Ann Arbor: The Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Youth Council Community Ac... Read More »

Fundraising

Dream it. Build it. Skate it. We estimate that it will cost approximately $800,000 to design and build a 30,000 square foot skatepark. We will seek all possible public and private funding opportun... Read More »

30 Reasons We Need a Skatepark

Skateboarders and inline skaters need safe places to recreate. Skateparks, if designed and constructed correctly, are fiscally conservative and require very little maintenance. Compared to other s... Read More »

The A2skatepark Steering Committee

Dug Song has skated in Ann Arbor since first arriving as a UM student in 1993. His first attempt to organize a skatepark in 1997 was disrupted by a startup job during the dot-com bubble. His second... Read More »

Possible Locations 3 Comments

Based on discussions with Parks staff, these are our proposed sites, in order of preference. The areas we've sketched out for the skatepark is much larger than we need; we'll further refine this ba... Read More »

Tagged: buhr, southeast, location, vets, park

Ann Arbor Skatepark Petition

To: Ann Arbor City Council Skateboarding is a healthy, non-competitive sport that thrives in Ann Arbor, even with city and campus anti-skateboarding bylaws in effect and no permanent facility provi... Read More »

Tagged: petition

Meetings, Presentations, Press 1 Comment

March 2008 March 16, 2008 Ann Arbor News opinion piece by Trevor March 2008 Ann Arbor Observer article January 2008 January 12, 2008 Steering Committee meeting January 10, 2008 siting meeting w... Read More »