Our Mission
To develop and install a skatepark which will be located centrally in East Longmeadow.
Why a Skate Park?
1. East Longmeadow has experienced a significant increase in it’s youth population.
2. Skateboarding, ranks as the 6th largest participant sport in the US,
and the 3rd largest for youths 6 – 18 years old.
3. These children lack a safe place to gather and skate.
4. In the interest of both providing skaters a place to skate and keeping local businesses happy,
many communities have built public skate parks and most have been incredibly successful.
5. A skate park is actually a good use of space.
Surveys report an estimated 50-100 users at any park on any given day. Compare this usage
with that of a baseball field which usually goes unused, and even though it is roughly three times the size of an average skate park, can only accommodate 16 players at a time.