Author: Sal
Ventnor Skate Park Closure: Positive Update
Tuesday, 22nd April, 2008 at 2:13 pm, Isle of Wight
There have been some very positive steps forward for the Save Ventnor Skate Park Campaign over the past few days.
Over the weekend, we contacted Radio One DJ, Bestival Head Honcho and Isle of Wight Ambassador, Rob Da Bank and we’re pleased to report that Rob is more than happy to be involved in the campaign.
John Cattle has been working hard too gathering support. One of Ventnor’s best exports, The Bees, have also agreed to take part in a fundraising gig to raise money and awareness of the campaign, as have other Island musicians, the brilliant Jackson Analogue. This is an extremely generous offer by both bands and we’ll let you know once dates are confirmed (natch).
A positive meeting was held last night with John Cattle, Chair of the StreetStyle group, Ventnor Town Councillor, Val Taylor and Chair of Ventnor Community Projects, Nicky Hargreaves.
Val and Nicky have been able to offer invaluable advice on how to move forward, calling on their years of experience with community projects.
Further meetings are planned for later in the week and we’ll keep you up to date with progress.
Anyone on MySpace make sure you add Save Ventnor Skate Park to your friends list and stick it in your top ten!
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May 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
My family are shortly moving to Ventnor, and were delighted to see the skatepark on the seafront. My daughter commented that she wanted to learn to skateboard. It seems a real pity, given the latest info on childhood obesity, related largely to inactivity of young people, that this great resource could be lost. Good luck with the campaign to save it!