Springbrook Community Skatepark needs corporate support
Officials with the Springbrook Community Skatepark Committee are turning to the corporate world for help in finishing fundraising for their project.
Adrian Pidhirney, FCSS community worker for Red Deer County says that after a strong start, recent grant funding applications have been unsuccessful, leaving the project at a bit of a standstill.
“It started quite a while ago in 2012 in response to the youth who were saying there was nothing to do in Springbrook,” he recalls. “When youth don’t have anything to do, they create things to do, which can be great in some manners and not so great in others. So we wanted to try and help them out and create something fun, easy, accessible and that everybody could try.”
Pidhirney says designs for the proposed skatepark have been finished for over a year, describing it as having two main parts, including the plaza section which features all of the park’s technical components and the bowl section for those seeking ‘big air’ opportunities.