New Boulder Skatepark seeks business community sponsors

BOULDER — Boulder businesses have an opportunity to build bridges to youth this year by supporting the New Boulder Skatepark.
An unusual sponsor benefit is a custom-designed metal plaque to place at business locations respectfully reminding skaters and boarders of the prime place for refining their skills and practicing their sport. It features both the Skatepark logo and the message that this business helped build the Boulder Skatepark, inviting people to skate there.
A lengthening list of local organizations and individuals as well as businesses, both large and small, are confirmed sponsors of the New Boulder Skatepark at Scott Carpenter Park. As of the end of December, $100,000 of the $500,000 required to finance the park had been contributed.
Interested sponsors and contributors are invited to contact the City Liaison office at (303) 499-3272 or skatepark@roycearbour.com. Sponsorships range from the $400,000 title sponsor and $150,000 presenting sponsor levels to individualized on-site recognition options in the range of $1,000 up to $100,000. Skatepark logo apparel and recognition on a group donor panel will be offered for smaller contributions.
Brothers Boards, Shapins Associates, Boulder Magazine, Pavestone Inc., Royce Arbour Inc. and FLOW Consulting have joined Copy Max, Toys R Us and King Soopers as business supporters of the Skatepark.
The Boulder Urban Renewal Authority, Boulder Valley YMCA, Channel 8, the Boulder Chamber of Commerce and the city of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department are also providing substantial support.
Boulder skateboarders collected more than $400 during the Halloween Havoc Skateboard Contest, through the coordinating efforts of Mike Eubank, and received Skatepark logo temporary tattoos. Betsy Byrne contributed on behalf of a skateboarder, her son Andrew.
The “Get on Board!” campaign to develop resources for the New Boulder Skatepark is in full swing, as new sponsors make their commitments in the new millennium. The New Boulder Skatepark will be built at Scott Carpenter Park beginning in the spring of 2000. It will replace the wooden structure adjacent to the fire station at 30th and Arapahoe. The Skatepark will be built of concrete, resembling an empty swimming pool with an undulating bottom and islands, and will require far less maintenance than the aging wooden structure it will replace.
The new Skatepark can accommodate up to 50 users at different skill levels, incorporating a “street course” that has all the challenging elements of an urban setting as well as steep-and-deep bowls for the experts. Although many users will be teenagers, people ages 8 to 37 helped design the park.
The city of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department contributed the site. The Skatepark design was developed by landscape architect and skateboarder Michael McIntyre in concert with local skaters and boarders.