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NEWS FLASH>>>>> May 31.05 VOTE FOR THE FUTURE OF CHINA CREEK!!! As you may have already heard, China Creek skatepark, at Clark and Broadway, could be up for destruction. To recap, the City has been reconsidering the placement/existence of China Creek for the last year, but not much of this news has reached the skateboarding community. There have been a series of public meeting over the past few months, which we at Skate Spot just recently heard about, where 3 schemes were proposed to 'upgrade' the park, 2 of which included the complete removal of the bowls. The meetings were open to the public, with Parks Board members. There will be a VOTE, and if you would like to have your opinion counted, you should come out to to meeting, and BRING FRIENDS to support skateboarding. The VOTE for China Creek is to be held Saturday, June 11th, 2005 at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. This is a quote form the email from Michel Des Rochers, Park Planner: "The Parks Board staff have prepared three basic options for the park... presented at a large public open house to be held in June...The community meeting will be held on": WHEN: Saturday, June 11th, 2005 TIME: 11 am to 4pm WHERE: Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House 800 East Broadway (corner of Prince Albert St) "If you have any questions or comments, please contact Michel DesRochers by phone, fax or email. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting. Michel Desrochers Park Planner City of Vancouver Tel: 604-257-8529" If you would like to see the email sent from us to Michel DesRochers regarding sound proofing options, to lessen complaints against the skatepark, click here. previous NEWS FLASH>>>>> May 26.05 The next meeting for China Creek is to be held Tuesday, May 31st, 2005 at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. This is a quote form the email from Michel Des Rochers, Park Planner: "The Parks Board staff have prepared three basic options for the park. We want to give you a chance to review them and to suggest refinements before they are presented at a large public open house to be held in June. And at this June Open House, we will ask residents and park users for their preferences. The community meeting will be held on": WHEN: Tuesday, May 31st, 2005 TIME: 7pm to 9pm WHERE: Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House 800 East Broadway (corner of Prince Albert St) "If you have any questions or comments, please contact Michel DesRochers by phone, fax or email. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting. Michel Desrochers Park Planner City of Vancouver Tel: 604-257-8529" previous NEWS FLASH>>>>> April 29.05 We here at the Skate Spot have just heard that China Creek skatepark, at Clark and Broadway, could be up for destruction, and possibly very soon. Apparently the City has been reconsidering the placement/existence of China Creek for the last year, but not much of this news has reached the skateboarding community. We attended a public meeting last week (Wednesday, April 27.05) where 3 schemes were proposed to 'upgrade' the park, 2 of which included the complete removal of the bowls. The meetings were open to the public, with Parks Board members, at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, at 800 East Broadway, (604.879.8208), but not very many skaters were in attendance, possibly because of the poor publicity of the event. If you want to have your say in keeping or even upgrading China Creek, you should come out to the next meeting and bring friends. The next meeting with the Parks Board will happen in the next 2 weeks, but the meeting time has yet to be announced. (Makes it hard to plan to lobby for keeping the park alive...) We will be in touch with the city over the following week, and will post the next meeting time on this page, as soon as we find out. Or check the Parks Board site at: http://city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/ You can also contact: The Parks Board at: 604.257.8400 or Parks Board Commissioner Lyndsay Poaps at: lyndsay_poaps@city.vancouver.bc.ca or email: michel_desrochers@city.vancouver.bc.ca The good news is that planner Desrochers and commissioner Poaps, along with fellow commissioners Al De Genova and Suzanne Anton, have been supportive of skate-related projects in the past. Skate Spot is published monthly in the Nerve Magazine, distributed across the Pacific Northwest. For our list of past issues, click on the Shreditorial. To contribute, send chocolate or just contact Skate Spot: downspace@telus.net downspace collective 101-4906 Main Street Vancouver BC V5W2R3