Thanks to everyone who attended our annual general meeting last week. Special thanks to John Hiebert from Festival Hall for allowing us to use the space, as well as Councillors Pincott and Woolley for attending and continued support.
Here’s the presentation, if you missed it:
Notice of Annual General Meeting
7 PM, Thursday May 12, 2016
Festival Hall
1215 10 Ave SE
The CASE board would like to invite you to our Annual General Meeting. This year it will take place on Thursday, May 12 at Festival Hall, 1215 10 Ave SE at 7:00PM.
It’s important that you join us for the meeting. The past year was an important one for Calgary skateboarding and the coming year will no doubt be important too. We want feedback from you—
Where do you see CASE going? What would you like to see from CASE? How did we do over the past year?
Come out to hear about new skateparks planned for 2016-2017, events, and a few other things we have in mind.
Please use the Facebook event page to RSVP.
According to the City of Calgary Skatepark website, both Southwood and Huntington Hills skateparks will be closed from May 2-18 for landscaping:
“This park will be closed to the public from May 2 – May 18 due to landscaping. We appreciate your patience while these skateparks receive ‘final touches’.”
Please respect these temporary closures so that landscape workers can complete their work according to schedule.
Westside Recreation Centre’s skatepark will open on May 1. The City of Calgary Mobile Skatepark program kicks off on May 3. Click the images below for more details:
Westside Skatepark. Photo by Skateparktour.ca
City of Calgary Mobile Skatepark
Skatepark artists, Eric and Mia are hiring two teenagers to teach their Skate School for Police Officers. Click the image below for more details:
Metro News published an article about “The Slab”, the DIY skate spot located in Forest Heights. The article interviews the creator of this skater-built and maintained skatepark and tells us that the City of Calgary parks staff is aware of it. Click the photo below to read the article:
Photo by Jennifer Friesen – Metro
CASE supports the DIY park and would like to see it incorporated into the city’s skatepark network. The southeast community of Forest Heights is not scheduled for a concrete park as part of the Skateboard Amenities Strategy. Unfortunately, nearby Applewood was originally slated for a skatepark but the project did not move forward due to lack of interest, according to the Site Selection Report.
Site Selection Report Map