Skaters for Portland Skateparks

Sorry about the short notice on this one. There is a meeting tonight: Community Budget Information Meeting on November 30 to discuss FY 2010-2011 budget. I asked if we should show up to talk about our priorities and they said no.

I have heard otherwise.

Here are some talking points:

1. thanking Commissioner Fish and Director Zari Santner for their
   commitment to serving Portland’s youth through the development of
   public skateboard parks,
2. gently reminding them community need is far from met.
3. Portland’s skaters understand the economic downturn means
   resources are not immediately available for skatepark development as
   they were in 2006 and 2007. As a result,
4. skaters understand the pace of skatepark development has needed to
   slow. But,
5. We look forward to supporting passage of the Parks levy intended
   for 2010, which will include dollars for the Steel Bridge project as
   well as skatespots.

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