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 [...]

We might have a problem with using the basketball courts as a site. Now, we have support from most people we’ve come to thus far. However, There is a feasibility study being conducted. The people who are conducting this have plans all laid out, these plans do not include a skatepark. Now we haven’t had a direct [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]