Our supporters spent valuable time looking at articles about problems with neighborhood skateparks around the country and a few from other countries. The issues are always the same! We have gleaned the ones we think are relevant and posted them below. Some are old (and we don't know what happened later) and some are current.
If you do browse these articles (and we hope you do) and still thirst for more information, we suggest you look at the following link to find more problematic skate parks. Happy hunting!
It would be nice if only the children in a local neighborhood used the neighborhood skatepark, but the reality is far from that. See why...
Too
much noise, late night use, graffiti. (West LA, CA):
https://www.noisefree.org/newsroom/noise-display.php?id=465
Skatepark louder and more
disruptive than the freeway overpass it is beneath. (SOMA, San
Francisco, CA):
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/07/23/SOMA-San-Francisco-skate-park-neighbors/
http://articles.coastlinepilot.com/2013-07-03/news/tn-cpt-me-0705-skatepark-20130702_1_skate-park-south-coast-
highway-moulton-meadows-park
New skatepark bringing traffic and noise and concerns even from some who originally supported it. (Carlsbad, CA):
http://www.10news.com/news/new-alga-norte-park-in-carlsbad-draws-crowds-but-also-ire-of-neighbors-over-noise-at- skateboard-park-02182014
Battle over location (Seattle,
WA): Too much noise (Newton, PA): Residents
Fed Up With Skatepark (Houston, TX):
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Skate-park-site-raises-hackles-1194467.php
http://www.buckslocalnews.com/articles/2011/06/11/the_advance/news/doc4df0f636d5be1140321177.txt
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/archives/residents-fed-up-with-skate-park/article_446c2ed1-4d57-5aae-b8c8-
f89c0322b0f1.html
“Noise pollution officers from
East Cambridgeshire District Council have visited the site in the past
and confirm that noise levels are
higher than they should be in a residential area.” Park built
and complaints began 2008, article is from 2011 − 3 years without
action. (Cambridge, UK):
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Action-promised-noisy-skatepark/story-22373181-detail/story.html
"I was wondering if we could
designate some of the reserve to move
the skateboard park that was put adjacent to my property which is
proved to be a significant noise pollutant and has reduced the quality
of life for me and my two other neighbors that it affects," Moon
Zombie said...” (Sherri Moon Zombie, wife of rock personality Rob Zombie. Rob
Zombie is now considered "douchy" by the skate crowd.) (Woodbury, CT):
http://patch.com/connecticut/woodbury-middlebury/zombie-rises-up-against-noise-at-woodbury-skate-park
“Vancouver
Park Board is set to consider tearing apart a three-year-old skatepark
in Mount Pleasant Park and covering it in grass to quell noise
complaints from nearby neighbours.” (Vancouver, BC):
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/could+near+Mount+Pleasant+skatepark/10999291/story.html
Skatepark
Neighbors Fed Up With Banging and Cracking (Ohio):
http://www.the-daily-record.com/local%20news/2002/11/27/skate-park-neighbors-fed-up-br-with-banging-and-cracking
Skatepark
Closing - Noise, drugs and trashed park (Colorado):
http://gazette.com/monument-may-bail-on-skate-park/article/10644
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