Public Skatepark Development Guide

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Vision

• Master Plans
• Research Sources
• Consolidated's The Plan
• Skater Census
• Tips for First-time Advocates
• The Skatepark Process
• Getting Into Government
• Skatepark Typology Primer
• What Is "Support?"

Chapter 2: Advocacy

• Who's Who?
• Sample Letter to City Hall
• Sample Letter to Congress
• Police View
• Skatepark Decreases Youth Crime
• Ten Tips
• 1998 Statistics
• We're Building a What!?
• Skatepark Essays
  • Liability and Legislation
    • Oregon University Policy to Skateboarding
    • Ohio's Limited Liability
    • Florida's Limited Liability
    • Indiana's Limited Liability Law
    • The California Helmet Law
  • Vision
    • Skatepark Process Overview
    • Social Impacts of Skateparks
    • Skateboarding as an Art Form
    • Are Skateboarders Criminals?
    • We're Building a What!?
  • Advocacy
    • Skateboarding Safer than Basketball
    • Skatepark Decreases Youth Crime
    • Sample Letter to Congress
    • Why Our Town Needs a Skatepark
    • Speaking Out
  • Fundraising
    • Fundraising Ideas
    • Grants Primer
  • Design & Construction
    • Modular or Concrete?
    • Why Oregon Skateparks Are So Good
    • Concrete Proposal
    • Neighborhood Street Plaza at $10 a Square Foot
  • Management
    • A Parent's Letter
  • Are Skateboarders Criminals?
  • Speaking Out
  • Pro-Skatepark Essay
  • Why Our Town Needs a Skatepark
  • Social Impacts of Skateboarding
  • Skateboarding as an Art Form
• 30 Reasons for Skateparks
• Safer Than Basketball
• Language of City Administration
• Language of Skatepark Advocates
• Simple Civics
• Issues and Answers
• Advocating for DIY

Chapter 3: Fundraising

• Rockstar Fundraiser
• $40 a Square Foot!?
• Elements of an NPO
• Grants Primer
• Recruiting Fundraisers
• Tony Hawk Foundation

Chapter 4: Design

• What is Design and Build?
• What is E&O Insurance?
• Site Assessment
• Proposal for Concrete
• Site Components
• Visual Glossary: Street Plaza Features
• Why Oregon Skateparks Are So Good
• Modular or Concrete?
• Using General Contractors
• What About Ramps?
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Design/Build
• The Price is Wrong
• Skatepark Typology
• Community-wide Skatepark Systems
• Siting Factors

Chapter 5: Management

• Liability and Legislation
  • Oregon University Policy to Skateboarding
  • Ohio's Limited Liability
  • Florida's Limited Liability
  • Indiana's Limited Liability Law
  • The California Helmet Law
  • California
  • Indiana
  • Florida
  • Ohio
  • Oregon University
  • Historical CA Article
• Stewardship
• A Parent's Letter
• Why Skateparks Fail

Appendix 1: Downloads

• Vision
• Maintenance
  • Skatepark Maintenance
• Design
  • The True Cost of Modular Skateparks
  • The Case for Concrete
  • 10 Tips for Transitional Skateparks
  • 10 Tips for Street Plaza Skateparks
  • 10 Tips for Skateparks
• Fundraising
• Advocacy
  • sps_raising_awareness

Appendix 2: D.I.Y.

• How To: Ledge Repair