Sorry it has been a while. I attended a RVCC Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday night. The agenda was largely dealing with the upcoming feasibility study that the community center is doing and particularly the initial research of local opinions and desires. This initial research is to determine what the community wants the RVCC to [...]
Margaret Clair, who is a “mover/shaker” at the Rockfish Valley Community Center (RVCC), and I spoke briefly yesterday. She told me she had been forwarded the letter I wrote introducing the skatepark concept to RVCC. She agrees it is a worthwhile project that would fill a need for the teens in Nelson. She has also [...]
Well, off the web site, until April 1. Quick trip to Colorado ski country. I have sent messages to RVCC board members regarding the skatepark but so far now word back. If you know someone involved at RVCC, get them involved with Skate Nelson, too. I went to Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton last weekend. For [...]
Today I met with Emily and Gary at the Nelson County Parks and Recreation Department (NCPRD). My intention was to find out if there was any history of people trying to start a skatepark in the county, if there was interest from NCPRD, if there was opposition to a skatepark, that sort of thing. Turns [...]
” Hey everyone, this is Colin, but, just for today, I’m pretending to be Tim. We are gonna have a lot of things going on pretty soon.For instance, Wedesday or Thursday, Tim is going to head out and talk to some of the guys down at Parks and Rec., about the use of the basketball courts as a [...]
There’s a story today in the Lynchburg paper about Bedford County installing a public skatepark, bigger than Lynchburg’s. This is good news since it shows how more communities are embracing the idea that skateparks promote healthy activity. Also, it was impressive how much money they raised in Bedford. But if Bedford can do it, so [...]
Man, you all want a skatepark! SkateNelson.org was getting hits before the site was finished being built. We have just 15 names with emails of people who have joined, but the enthusiasm in the comments is impressive, like: “dude we need a park bad and im all for it just let me know how i [...]
Hi – My name is Tim Gorman. I live with my family in Nelson County. I have two sons who like to skateboard. That’s partly why I’ve started this group. I say partly, because I like to skateboard, too, though I can’t say I’m any good. So there is a selfish motivation behind this endeavor. [...]
