The Park Board also will consider buying
temporary skate park structures that can be moved to a permanent park later.
The Naperville City Council agreed on Tuesday night to let private citizens build
a temporary skate park to use this summer, while city leaders continue to grapple over the location for a permanent facility.
In 2006, the Park District created what it called
a temporary skate park in Grant Park, promising to build a permanent one once the funds came through.
Meanwhile,
a temporary skate park with makeshift wooden ramps has been set up in the parking lot of Meadow Glens Park, until the permanent site is constructed next summer.
But Park District officials said they are searching for another school near downtown to house
the temporary skate park for several weeks until the Meadow Glens lot is available when summer programs end in mid-August.
The in - line hockey rink at DuPage River Sports Complex and
the temporary skate park, located within the complex at Washington Street and Royce Road, will close for the season Dec. 1 or after the first snowfall, whichever occurs first, Naperville Park District officials have announced.
ELMHURST — A
temporary skate park will open at Wilder Park by mid-August, Elmhurst Park District Director Richard Grodsky said Monday.
Not exact matches
Last month, Naperville
Park District officials agreed to construct the temporary park for skateboarders and in - line skaters until a permanent skate park is completed next sum
Park District officials agreed to construct the
temporary park for skateboarders and in - line skaters until a permanent skate park is completed next sum
park for skateboarders and in - line skaters until a permanent
skate park is completed next sum
park is completed next summer.
Park District officials originally looked into constructing a
temporary skating facility on a
parking lot at the area high schools, but backed away from the idea because the season would be cut short when school starts up again at the end of the summer.
Parents and other residents, who say the children have waited too long for a place to
skate, pushed the
Park District to open a
temporary site this summer.
Frustrated with numerous delays in constructing a
skate park near the city's downtown in recent years, a group of residents and city business owners came forward with a proposal to build a 10,000 - to 12,000 - square - foot
temporary facility on a 7 acres next to the DuPage Children's Museum on Spring Avenue.
Within 2 1/2 weeks after the City Council's 5 - 4 rejection of the
skate park location at the Garden Plots, FAST pitched its idea for the
temporary park.
Bonus: Walk five minutes north along the river to check out Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest and The Midway, a
temporary park with an outdoor rolling
skating rink, mini-golf, bowling, carnival games and more.