Come out and watch some great bands while supporting CASE! On Friday, April 18th Spastic Panthers, Stab.Twist.Pull, We Found the Body, and His Last Words will rock The Palomino. This one is 18+ and only $10. Facebook event info here.
Thanks to everyone who cleaned up Millennium Skatepark on Saturday. We were able to get a lot of the garbage out of there and chip away most of the ice and snow. The drains are working and the snow is melting so the park should be totally clear very soon!
Special thanks to John Rajic for the photos and to Councillor Evan Woolley for helping out too.
Thanks to everyone who came out to last night’s skatepark open house at Cardel Theatre. It was the first of three, so please try to make it to one of the other open houses.
If you didn’t make it, these two news stories will give you a better idea of what you missed:
Metro News: (click photo for story):
C.A.S.E. board member Rob Price – Photo by Bryan Weismille /Metro
Earlier this year, we asked you to complete a survey about the Paskapoo Slopes area of land near COP. The City of Calgary has released the results of the survey.
Paskapoo Slopes
Although a skatepark isn’t likely going to be built on Paskapoo Slopes any time soon, it looks like skateboarding made a large impact in the survey and features prominently in the survey results.
Thanks to everyone who completed the survey and recommended a skatepark. It’s through raising awareness that we are finally seeing traction and are on our way to new skateparks in Calgary.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 1st, 2013
CITY OF CALGARY ANNOUNCES WINNING FIRM FOR SKATEBOARD AMENITIES STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
(Calgary, AB),
The City of Calgary (Recreation) has announced that Van der Zalm & Associates has been selected to implement the city’s 10-year Skateboard Amenities Strategy.
The 10-year Calgary Skateboard Amenities Strategy recommends approximately 270,000 square feet of future concrete skatepark development, spread over every quadrant. The sizes of the future skateparks will vary from small “skate spots” to larger “neighbourhood size” parks. These future parks will cater to every style and skill level of skaters; terrain will vary across the many parks.
The Calgary Association of Skateboarding Enthusiasts (C.A.S.E.) is excited about today’s announcement. “We’ve been working very hard for many years towards the goal of new facilities. This announcement confirms this goal will soon be a reality. This is great news for Calgary skateboarders and we’re looking forward to riding new parks in 2014,” says C.A.S.E. co-chair, Josh Etherington.
The actual number of parks has yet to be determined. However, over 25 communities have expressed interest in developing skateparks in their areas. C.A.S.E. will be working with Van der Zalm & Associates and City of Calgary Recreation to engage the local skateboarding community at a series of public input meetings beginning early 2014.
A copy of the 10-year Skateboard Amenities Strategy and a list of interested communities can be found on the C.A.S.E. website. Information on the public input meetings will be posted on calgary.ca as well as the C.A.S.E. website.
ABOUT VAN DER ZALM AND ASSOCIATES
Van der Zalm + associates inc. (vdz) is a full service Landscape Architecture and Development consulting firm with offices in North America and China.
Established at the turn of the millennium, vdz employs experienced, qualified, and registered professionals with a passion for their work. Their focus is parks and recreation. They enjoy a strong national reputation for our work in developing action sports facilities – skatepark, bmx, and technical mountain bike. They also work closely with communities to develop masterplans, urban parks, streetscape plans, water parks, and environmental projects.
Notable skatepark projects by vdz include: The Plaza at The Forks (Winnipeg, MB), Chuck Bailey Skatepark (Surrey, BC), Ed Benedict Skate Plaza (Portland, OR)
ABOUT CALGARY ASSOCIATION OF SKATEBOARDING ENTHUSIASTS
The Calgary Association of Skateboarding Enthusiasts (C.A.S.E) is a non-profit society which promotes skateboarding in Calgary by using the collective efforts of its volunteer members. Through this united effort CASE works to improve the accessibility and growth of skateboarding in Calgary.
The Province has launched a survey to learn more about sport and physical activity in Alberta. Although it can be debated whether skateboarding is a sport or not, it can’t be argued that skateboarding involves physical activity. Take the 5 minute survey and use the “other” and final sections to mention skateboarding.
From the Alberta Government site:
“The Alberta Government would like to know your priorities for amateur sport in the province. Therefore, you are being asked to take the following survey which will demonstrate your sport priorities based on the following contexts:
-Physical Literacy
-Introduction to Sport
-Recreational Sport
-Competitive Sport
-High Performance Sport
-Sport for Development”