Save Santa Clarita Skate Park
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Save Santa Clarita Skate Park
For many years since the Santa Clarita Skate Park opened in 1998 thousands of kids have made it their place for good clean fun. Countless children in the Santa Clarita Valley have been able to go to the skate park and expel their youthful energy in a safe and positive atmosphere for which many consider their home away from home.
The City of Santa Clarita has planned to build a new skate park at the sports complex and when this planning was happening hundreds of people came to express their ideas and thankfulness. The skateboarders of the city were teaming with excitement about the new skate park. With the start of the new construction for numerous changes to the sports complex the kids soon discovered that the city planned to demolish the current skate park sometime around April or May of 2008. The new skate park isnt scheduled to be open until summer of 2009 and that is an optimistic opening date since the construction on the new skate park hasnt even started yet. Thus, the skaters in Santa Clarita will essentially be homeless for about a year and a half. This is too long.
In many cities across the nation and even in Santa Clarita before its current park was built skaters that have no park to skate in take to the streets and commercial business store fronts in order to skate and practice their sport. As a result there are exponentially more injuries and illegal behaviors happening, which in turn take precious time and services away from our law enforcement. This is a situation we would like to avoid.
We propose that the city of Santa Clarita make changes to their plan to allow for the current skate park to remain open until the new park is open. Without this change our kids will suffer or worse find alternate undesirable ways to have fun!
For many years since the Santa Clarita Skate Park opened in 1998 thousands of kids have made it their place for good clean fun. Countless children in the Santa Clarita Valley have been able to go to the skate park and expel their youthful energy in a safe and positive atmosphere for which many consider their home away from home.
The City of Santa Clarita has planned to build a new skate park at the sports complex and when this planning was happening hundreds of people came to express their ideas and thankfulness. The skateboarders of the city were teaming with excitement about the new skate park. With the start of the new construction for numerous changes to the sports complex the kids soon discovered that the city planned to demolish the current skate park sometime around April or May of 2008. The new skate park isnt scheduled to be open until summer of 2009 and that is an optimistic opening date since the construction on the new skate park hasnt even started yet. Thus, the skaters in Santa Clarita will essentially be homeless for about a year and a half. This is too long.
In many cities across the nation and even in Santa Clarita before its current park was built skaters that have no park to skate in take to the streets and commercial business store fronts in order to skate and practice their sport. As a result there are exponentially more injuries and illegal behaviors happening, which in turn take precious time and services away from our law enforcement. This is a situation we would like to avoid.
We propose that the city of Santa Clarita make changes to their plan to allow for the current skate park to remain open until the new park is open. Without this change our kids will suffer or worse find alternate undesirable ways to have fun!
2088 Signatures
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Willa R
- City, Zip Code
- Saugus CA 91390
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Dylan M
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- We love this Sk8 park
- City, Zip Code
- saugus
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Jessi
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- Give the kids a place to go
- City, Zip Code
- 91387
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Ritt P
- Comments
- Fight the power.
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Jordan l
- Comments
- Save The Park!
- City, Zip Code
- 91381
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Evan R
- Comments
- dont let the skatepark shut down
- City, Zip Code
- 91381
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jesse v
- Comments
- long live scv park
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Alex A
- Comments
- dont close the skatepark
- City, Zip Code
- newhall,91321
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alex n
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Kathy L
- City, Zip Code
- Saugus 91390
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Tobias H
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Carol A
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- My grandsons skate there and I hope that the current park will remain open while construction takes place on the new one.
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Travis H
- City, Zip Code
- Valencia, 91355
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Blake F
- City, Zip Code
- 91355
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Troy S. B
- Comments
- This is a great community resource!
- City, Zip Code
- Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381
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Zack R
- Comments
- save the park!
- City, Zip Code
- saugus, CA
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Chris S
- City, Zip Code
- Santa Clarita, 91351-3312
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Christopher K
- Comments
- please keep it we really need it
- City, Zip Code
- Santa Clarita, 91350
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Haley C
- Comments
- you kick them out of the skatepark, then ticket them for skating in the streets or in parking lots. How is that fair???
- City, Zip Code
- saugus but now in ventura
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Christina H
- Comments
- Give the kids a place to skate so they don't get hurt on the street
- City, Zip Code
- 91342
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Brendan M
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- Idle hands are the devil's playthings. The skatepark is an amazing opportunity for SCV youth to stay active in a positive manner. Please don't take that away.
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cameron h
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Mary T
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- please reconsider closing the skatepark before opening a new facility
- City, Zip Code
- Valencia, 91354
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Kevin P
- City, Zip Code
- 91355
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Sue H
- City, Zip Code
- 91350
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catherine r
- City, Zip Code
- santa clarita 91350
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PAUL WALL S
- Comments
- DGK ALL DAY..RIDER 4LIFE...RIDE TILL MY DEF
- City, Zip Code
- FROM SAUGUS SON...HOLDN' DOWN SD
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Doug
- Comments
- you making a bad choice
- City, Zip Code
- canyon country 91387
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Mitch J
- Comments
- dont take it away from us
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erik a
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Martha H
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- Please don't force my kids to break the law. We need that skatepark. When you don't give people options they do what they need to do. They need a place to skate.
- City, Zip Code
- 91381
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Abby M
- Comments
- i love that skate park
- City, Zip Code
- 91354
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colby g
- City, Zip Code
- 91387
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Viktoriya S
- City, Zip Code
- 91325
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kat
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matt
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Robert C
- City, Zip Code
- valencia, 91355
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Lissette S
- City, Zip Code
- C.C 91387
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RUSS T
- City, Zip Code
- SANTA CLARITA , CA 91350
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Ashley F
- Comments
- w0rdddd
- City, Zip Code
- Canyon Country, 91351
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Alex S
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- I dont even really skate or go the park, but i know how much it means to my older brother. He goes their soo much and skates and films little kids getting better and even the older guys. He dreams on becoming a filmer or editor in the action sports industry. Take away the park, and a take a little of his dream away. Build a new one then tear it down.
- City, Zip Code
- Saugus CA, 91350
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Joey S
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- My older brother loves that skatepark. Dont tear it down I dont want him home more then he already is.
- City, Zip Code
- Saugus CA 91350
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Greg H
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- I'll bet the city isnt whining about the wonderful tax dollars they derive from the robust sales at LOCAL businesses like Val Surf, Active, Sports Chalet and the myriad "mall" stores that cater to the "despised skate kids." While they are at it, why don't they also eliminate art, diversity and everything else that does not fall into their tidy little category of acceptability.
- City, Zip Code
- 91381
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Tyler
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Cara L
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AMANDA Q
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Kelsen W
- Comments
- В
- City, Zip Code
- Diamond Bar, 91765
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Dave P
- City, Zip Code
- 91390
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Mike L
- City, Zip Code
- 91381
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Tyler C
- City, Zip Code
- Saugus, 91390
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