Apr 12, 2016 | Activism, By-laws, CASE News, Skateboarding
The City of Calgary Planning department recently released the results of their engagement for “sports ramps”. You may recall that Calgary has a bylaw which prohibits skateboard ramps on private property. That bylaw is currently being repealed after a notice of motion was filed by Councillor Evan Woolley.
The city conducted an online survey, open houses, as well as a telephone survey. The results of those surveys showed that the majority of Calgarians polled support having skateboard ramps on private property. Strong support (72%) came from the telephone survey, which is a random sample that’s designed to be representative of all Calgarians. You can review the results for all three surveys by clicking the timeline below:
City of Calgary Engage Timeline
Now we wait for the next step, which is on June 1st when bylaw and planning staff present their findings to the Standing Policy Committee on Community and Protective Services. That committee is made up of seven councillors and the mayor. The meeting is open to the public.
After that, the committee’s findings will go to council for the final review on June 13th.
In an interesting twist, the city has made a “policy shift” on ramps on public streets (as well as street hockey nets and basketball nets). According to their recent tweet, ramps are now allowed on streets, provided they don’t obstruct traffic and are removed after use.
City of Calgary tweet
Thank you for your patience and support on this. We’re optimistic that ramps will be allowed on public property later this year!
Mar 15, 2016 | CASE News
Thanks to everyone who helped make it great!
A big thanks to everyone who came out to support our Fundraiser on February 27. It was a HUGE success! Props to the bands – A War Within, Pagans of Northumberland, and Ghost Factory, as well as to the Palomino for hosting us.
We are currently looking over our budget and allocating funds raised. We will post an update soon on how much was raised and how the funds will support CASE initiatives.
Special thanks to all our sponsors for their donations, leading us to a successful silent auction:
- Chris Tait Photography,
- Mandy Stobo at Bad Portraits,
- Steve Rohl, Mark Kowalchuk,
- Mike Issakidis Photography,
- Cindy at Calgary International Blues Festival,
- Float Life Kensington,
- Chris at Shotlist Films,
- Elisa Friesen Illustrations,
- Robyn Condon,
- Dom at EQ3 Furniture and Accents,
- Mission Snow and Skate,
- Royal Board Shop,
- The Source Snowboards and Skateboards,
- Jay at DC Shoes,
- Dan at Vans,
- Jayden at Brookfield Residential,
- Bernie at Taurus Property Group,
- Councillor Carra,
- Councillor Pincott,
- Joey at Westernfront Sales.
Feb 21, 2016 | CASE News, Skateboarding, Skateparks
Which one will you skate first?
We’ve been advised that fences at Southwood and Huntington skateparks will come down on March 1. These are “soft openings”, meaning that more formal grand opening events will be planned for the future.
See below for more info on each park:
Southwood Skatepark
- located at Southwood Community Centre on Sackville Dr SW
- 13,400 square feet
- mix of street and flow bowl terrain
- bowl depths to 5 feet with an elevated pocket, roll-in, and pump bump
- bank to barrier and ledge to bank features
- wheelchair ramp ledge and rail combo
- quarter pipe with extension
- manny pad
- flat bar
Southwood 3D Concept
Huntington Hills Skatepark
- located adjacent to Murray Copot Arena at Centre St and 64 Ave N
- 12,500 square feet
- primarily flow bowl terrain with street area
- bowl depths to 9 feet with spine, bank extension, pool coping and tile detail
- manny pads, ledges, and rails
- China banks style inset ledges
Huntington Hills 3D Concept
Jan 31, 2016 | CASE News, Photos, Skateboarding, Skateparks
The tarps have been removed from the Southwood skatepark and we’re waiting to hear back from the city regarding completion date. We’ve posted more photos (thanks to Benji W) on our Facebook page:
Jan 30, 2016 | Activism, CASE News, Indoor, Photos, Skateboarding, Skateparks
We were present at a meeting between 10 year old student, Jett, his mom, and Ward 8 Councillor Woolley. Jett is passionate about skateboarding and has done a lot of research on indoor skateparks.
With all the new outdoor skateparks being developed, we’re optimistic that the need for an indoor skatepark will be addressed. The Skateboard Amenities Strategy recommends an indoor skatepark for the city:
“Find a suitable location for one or more indoor skateparks or wheeled sport facilities to comprise an area of at least 1,850 m2 (20,000 ft2). An indoor facility may be located in an existing building or be a purpose built facility that is clustered with a recreation centre. Indoor facilities should serve both skateboarders, bmx, inline skaters and provide a fitness track for roller skaters. See page 50.” (Skateboard Amenities Strategy, 2011, p. 9)
