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The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
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SKATE PARK ( 18.000 SF )
4'H DECORATIVE STEEL FENCE
RETAINING WALL
DECORATION WALL
ON STREET PARKING ( 28 SPACES)
OFF STREET PARKING ( 8 SPACES)
SKATE PARK ENTRY
PLANTER
STORMWATER POND
DECORATION WALL
SIDEWALK CONNECTION
EXISTING FENCE
CREEK
RAISED CROSSING CONNECTING
TO TRAIL
CONNECTING PATH TO PUBLIC WORKS
RESTROOM BUILDING
STORMWATER POND
25' STATE STREAM BUFFER
STORMWATER POND
CREEK
HIGH ST W
DECORATION WALL
DESIGN
SPACES FOR LIFE.
GAINESVILLE SKATE PARK
CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT PLAN
CITY OF GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
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residents supporting the
construction of a skate
park.
He even incorporates
skating into some science
curriculum while teach
ing by showing students
how the sport can illustrate
Newton’s laws of motion.
“The plans look good,”
Spinks said. “The park con
cept design caters to the
street skaters and the vert
skaters. It has good flow
and I believe will be loved
by the skaters of Gaines
ville and beyond.”
Resident Michael L.
Lynch said he believes
parks officials are doing a
great job pushing this proj
ect and engaging the public
about it.
“After attending the
public meeting and pro
viding my thoughts, I
submitted photographs
of design elements from
street skateboarding spots
in Gainesville’s history,”
Lynch said. “I was pleased
to find many of these ele
ments incorporated within
the final conceptual design.
What remains to be told is
if the conceptual design
will be brought to life in
full.”
Graham said that feed
back on the design received
thus far has already gener
ated new ideas, such as the
addition of shading ele
ments in the park’s seating
area.
But some other concerns
remain.
“I’d like to see a differ
ent shaped bowl,” said
resident Joe Rademacher.
“The kidney shape didn’t
work well at Fowler Park
in Forsyth County. Perhaps
something along the lines
of a peanut shape like at
Brook Run Skate Park (in
Dun woody).”
And beyond the physi
cal attributes the park
will include, Lynch said
he hopes the project won’t
become a substitute for the
sport’s true nature — born
of the streets.
“My own fear, how
ever, is that in the pro
cess of obtaining a public
skate park, we will see an
increasing level of pun
ishment for street skate
boarding within the city of
Gainesville,” he added. “It
is a fear that I hope never
comes to fruition, but pro
vided the history, proves
most likely.”
Gainesville skate park conceptual layout plan.
PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF GAINESVILLE I For The Times
Leonardo
Rodriguez,
pictured
in Sardis
Enrichment
School
on Friday,
Dec. 7,
designed a
model skate
park as a
proposal
for the park
soon to be
constructed
in
Gainesville.
Photos by
NICK BOWMAN
The Times
Left: Trace
Dunwoodie,
front,
practices
a stance
with Adam
Riley, an IT
employee
at Sardis
Enrichment
School who
helps teacher
Jasen Spinks.
Sardis Enrichment School students Makaylah Terveen, front,
Leonardo Rodriguez and Hailey Webb skate on Friday, Dec.
7. Sardis teacher Jasen Spinks has used skateboarding in his
lessons on physics.
Students in Jasen Spinks’ skateboarding “cluster” at Sardis Enrichment School are looking forward to the creation of
Gainesville’s first skate park. Spinks uses principles of skateboarding in his classes to teach his students physics.
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