City Skatepark Monitor Jobs
Want to spend your summer skateboarding and helping others out? The City of Calgary is hiring for skatepark monitors again. Click the picture below and then look under “Leisure Services”:
Former Science Centre Building/Indoor Skatepark
Former Science Centre Building
CASE submitted a proposal for the Expression of Interest in “Developing, Promoting and Operating, an Arts, Culture and/or Heritage Facility” in the former Science Centre building.
Unfortunately, CASE was not successful in our bid. We proposed that a portion of this building would make an excellent skatepark, both with its actual layout and proximity to Millennium Park.
We’re keeping our eyes and ears open for potential indoor skatepark locations. It’s not an easy thing to accomplish, considering every indoor skatepark that has existed in Calgary is now closed. We’re also communicating with successful proponents of indoor skateparks in other Candian cities.
Thanks for your continued support!
Skateboard Amenities Strategy Update
CASE would like to sincerely thank everyone who attended the skatepark open houses as well as completed the PlaceSpeak Survey.
The open houses and the survey generated some great feedback. Now, that feedback is being analyzed by representatives from the City of Calgary as well as consultants van der Zalm & Associates and New Line Skateparks.
The City of Calgary Skatepark Development Project website does a great job of showcasing the ten potential neighbourhoods for skatepark sites in the city and we encourage you to visit the website. They are:
-Edgemont
-New Brighton
-Quarry Park
-Deer Run
-Bowness
-Applewood
-Midnapore
-Huntington Hills
-Southwood
-CKE
Vans Sk8 Hi “Best Trick” Contest
The Skate Cafe is hosting a best trick contest on Sunday, March 23rd [there is a typo on the poster]. Cash and prizes are up for grabs! Check the poster for details. 
City Seeking Artists for New Skateparks
City of Calgary Public Art Program
“The City of Calgary is seeking to commission an artist and/or artist team to participate in the first phase of implementation for the Skateboard Amenities Strategy. The selected artist(s) will consult and work with the design team (external consultants and City staff) to explore creative visioning for the overall park designs, determine the scope of possibilities for public art within the selected sites, and develop and implement a project plan based on those possibilities. Community-based and temporary public art initiatives are desired.”
Click this link to find out more. The deadline for submissions is February 24th.
Media Coverage from Skatepark Open House
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