Skate Park Opening Set For This Weekend
City of Prince George work crew busy installing sod at Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick Bravery Skate Park- photo 250News
Prince George, B.C. – The official opening of Corporal Darren Fitzpatrick Bravery Skate Park will take place this Saturday.
Hart Community Association chair Kristi Francis
The ribbon cutting is set for 1:00 p.m. at the park just off Austin Road (6877 Glenview Drive) and will include music, refreshments and a skateboarding demonstration by New Line Skateparks.
An impressive gofundme campaign spearheaded by the Hart Community Association will also help city crews to install sod at the site in time for the official opening.
“As we got closer to the opening there was a negative photo circulating on Facebook and we just decided as a group we wanted to assist the city and upgrade what they were doing and raise money for sod,” said chair Kristi Francis.
“We raised over $6,000. Our goal was $5,000. It’s pretty amazing what the businesses and individuals in this community did.”
In an effort to complete their work on time the city is encouraging residents to stay away from the park until crews finish their work.
“The City of Prince George understands that many residents are rightly excited about the park and eager to visit,” said project manager Michael Le Morvan.“However, workers are still actively engaged here and the skate park will not be open or safe for recreational use until the ribbon-cutting this Saturday.”
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a little good news
Good on the citizens for stepping up and finishing the job! Hopefully someone points that out to the Mayor when he shows up for the photo op.
FYI axman. The Mayor was a huge supporter of this project right from the start and is a member of the Nechako Rotary club, who’s members spent countless hours raising money towards this project.
Doesn’t alter the fact the citizens had to fund raise for the grass. Did the cycle club fund raise for the paint?
Great project and thanks to the City and all those that contributed to make this happen. It’s nice to see the Hart get something. This City council and Mayor have definitely made the citizens feel more like we are all part of the City.
And by the way, this City is starting to look a lot better. Go PG go !!!
I hope the population stats start to show a bit of an increase. PG is an untouched gem in the North. People in the rest of the province will soon realize that we have a lot to offer.
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