Here is a repost of a December post. Since construction is ongoing at this time this will refresh your memory. And where’s the skatepark?
City Council approved spending $98,664 on the skatepark. Despite concerns for the safety of kids using the facility, construction will begin soon. 
Resident Wally Sweitz from Chatham delivered a packet of safety information to council but he was a little late to the party. This issue has been discussed for over a year and was approved by the Parks and Rcreation Committee. Regulations for use of the facility will be forthcoming, but if other skateparks are any indication, there will be rules posted but they will not be enforced nor will the facility be supervised. It seems that the location near the Fire Station will ensure that the users will not vanalize or deface the property.
We’ve included the site plans for the entire park area. [If you click on the thumbnail you ‘ll get a larger image].You’ll see the skatepark location just past deep center field of the main ball diamond.
The skate park should be fine. I’d rather see the kids skate in one spot than down the middle of the street.
It’s taken the city more time screwing around with the “what if’s” than most projects I’ve seen.
I’m still waiting for the parking lot to be built West of the fire station. What happened to that? All that cell phone tower money must have gone to buy more swampland.
Actually the money that was recieved from the cell tower actually went toward the mayor’s salary increase, which was actually doubled.