Check out this news story from the local ABC station, KEZI.  Click here to see the video.

Don’t miss the City of Eugene Parks Department’s final contest of the summer.  Registration is from 4-5 PM and the contest will run from 5-8 PM on Saturday, August 28.  Skaters of all ages and ability levels are welcome to sign up, but youth under 18 need to have a parent present to register.  Prizes donated by Tactics will be awarded to winners in all categories and there will be hot dogs and music to boot. The event is also locally supported by Boardsports and Cactus (Springfield). All proceeds from the event will be donated to Skaters for Eugene Skateparks to fund the Washington-Jefferson Skatepark.  Click below to check out the details.

Props to the organizers of the First Annual East Whiteaker Community Festival that was held August 8th.  This is a dynamic area of town that will only get better when a new skatepark is build.  Click the picture below to check out the poster of the event.

A celebration of Craft Brewing and Film.  Please join SES, drink beer, watch movies outside, and help raise money for the skatepark!  All profits from the sale of beverages at this event will go toward building the W-J Skatepark.  New Belgium Brewing company is traveling around the country, sharing a complete assortment of their tastiest beers along with 20 of their best fan-made films created from the last year.  This Friday, July 16th, at Alton Baker Park is the tour stop in Eugene.  New Belgium has partnered with SES to offer the profits for this festival to SES in exchange for SES providing the volunteer help to make the event a success.  Please spread the word to everyone you know. 

Do you support the skatepark?  We need your help – please volunteer.  This is an all ages event, but you must be 21 or over to get a beer wristband.  There are opportunities for all ages to volunteer (and get some freebies).  If you can help, please click HERE to see the Volunteer Event signup form, then email Janet Brown janet@citizensbuilding.com and let her know what you can do.

For more general information on the event, please click here.

Click below if you want to print out some flyers to hand out…

Click below to check out some film trailers…

Be sure to check out the City of Eugene Parks Deptartment’s summer skate competitions June 19, July 24, and August 18th. Prizes to the winners in all categories donated by Tactics. The event is also locally supported by Boardsports and Cactus (Springfield).  All proceeds from these events will be donated to Skaters for Eugene Skateparks!  Click below to check out the details.

After a long series of public meetings spearheaded by the Downtown Rotary, City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division, and Skaters for Eugene Skateparks, a safety strategy document was created to serve as a guidepost for reducing crime and improving the park.  Although representatives from both the Whitaker Community Council and Oregon Department of Transportation were involved in crafting the document, executives from both organizations declined the safety strategy group’s invitation to officially endorse the document.  Nonetheless, we have heard resounding support for the strategy from a large number of Whiteaker citizens.  Click here to view the original Safety Summit background and agenda memo.  Click here or below to view the final Safety Strategy document.

If you didn’t make the fundraiser party at the McDonald Theatre where the final design was released, you’ve waited long enough.  Click here to see the general layout.  If SES, Rotary, and the City can’t raise another $350,000 (have YOU donated yet?), we may have to go to a phased approach.  Click here to see how that might break down.  Click the thumbnail below to see a few pics. Flyover vids coming soon…

Dreamland Final Design28 picturesMay 3, 2010

With support coming from all angles we would like to say thank you to The Emerald City Roller Girls for recently getting involved and donating $250.00 from their own ticket sales last month! Being supporters of any and all types of skating, the league Secretary Ambruisia, Treasurer Reign of Tara, and Vice President JuiceBox personally stopped by to deliver the check to S.E.S team member Eric Purdy at Tactics. The Emerald City Roller Girls took notice of our initiative to build a new world class skate park under the WJ bridge and are looking forward to seeing it completed. Thank you girls! Be sure to keep an eye out for their next bout here in Eugene. Click here to check it out.

The City Parks staff is still working with ODOT to confirm that the final design will meet all of their guidelines.  Additionally, the Parks folks want to take the final Dreamland design and create a rendering that shows how it fits into their plans for surrounding park improvements so the entire community can see how all the pieces of the puzzle will fit together to improve this space.  Therefore, the unveiling of the final design has been postponed for a bit.  Please stay tuned…