| Since its inception in the early 1970's,
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| | frustration with simply trying to find a
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| skateboarding has always set a precendent
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| | pace to skate. Cities put so much public
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| for creativity and individuality. In the
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| | effort and tax-dollars into city parks
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| last few years, the momentum has picked
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| | and other recreational facilities,
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| up significantly and communities are
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| | someone just needs to point them in the
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| starting to see the need for providing
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| | right direction and get them to realize
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| local individuals with a place to skate.
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| | that public skateparks provide a place
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| Skaters will always find a place to have
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| | for local skaters to have fun and stay
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| a session, it's just a matter of
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| | out of trouble. This keeps most skaters
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| determining whether the city is going to
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| | off the streets and gives them an area
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| support their activity or continue to
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| | where they can perfect their skills and
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| object to street skating as many
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| | enjoy themselves. The value is inarguable
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| communities still do. Many cities are
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| | to the community.Building a public
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| waking up to the fact that public
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| | skateparks doesn't necessarily mean the
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| skateparks are a necessary part of the
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| | community understands all the aspects of
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| local community.How a community funds a
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| | being socially responsible. Part of the
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| public skatepark varies in many ways.
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| | understanding comes from learning how to
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| Some skateparks receive funding from
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| | best manage these facilities. Westminster
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| local organizations in support of
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| | Skatepark in Wesminster, Colorado
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| recreational ameneties and sometimes
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| | reversed its 'Helmets Required' rule once
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| funding comes from local support and
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| | city officials realized that staying
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| grass-roots fundraising. Some companies
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| | hands-off actually decreased their
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| will donate materials for the project as
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| | liability. Exerting too much control
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| a tax write-off. Ad space is sometimes
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| | requires the city to enforce their own
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| auctioned off in order to secure
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| | rules which ends up costing even more
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| additional funding. Most public
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| | money. Enforcing such rules at some
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| skateparks are constructed with a
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| | public skateparks would be next to
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| combination of grant money and money
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| | impossible. The Denver Skatepark, at over
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| raised by the community.Most of the hard
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| | 60,000 square feet is the largest of its
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| work put into getting a community to
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| | kind in the country, does not require
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| consider a public skatepark comes from
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| | pads and has not reported any injuries.
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| advocates who labor intensively get these
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| | This is attributed to most skaters
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| projects pushed thru the local
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| | knowing that they are skating at their
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| governments. Sometimes, these advocates
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| | own risk. Relaxing the rules can be more
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| aren't even skateboarders. One advocate,
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| | beneficial to eveyone because the city is
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| a retired businesswoman and City
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| | balancing what the skaters want and an
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| Councilwoman took up the fight for public
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| | acceptable amount of risk the city is
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| skateparks when her grandson noted his
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| | willing to assume.
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