To skate or not to skate?
Wednesday June 22, 2011BRATTLEBORO -- Brattleboro residents who live near the proposed site of a new public skate park made their case against the project at the Development Review Board meeting Monday evening. They spoke mainly of their shared concern that the skate park would make too much noise.
"I'm excited for Brattleboro to have skate park. I have been concerned, ever since I heard about this location, with the suitability of this location," said Brandt Kurowski, who lives on Union Street. Many people residing in Brandt's neighborhood echoed his concerns.
After a brief presentation and more than an hour of testimony from the public, the DRB ultimately tabled the discussion until its meeting next month, when they will conduct a site visit.
The discussion about the proposed skate park came about because members of the town ad hoc committee BASIC (Brattleboro Area Skatepark Is Coming) and town Recreation and Parks Director Carol Lolatte came before the review board with a request for site plan approval and a conditional use permit.
The site in question is a 12,000 square-foot area located on the western edge of the Crowell Lot at 20 Western Avenue.
The skate park would feature ramps, stairs, rails and a bowl. The park would feature amenities to accommodate not just skateboarders but inline skaters, bicyclists and pedestrians as well, according to BASIC's application.
Adam Hubbard, a member of BASIC and an employee of Stevens & Associates, a Brattleboro engineering, planning and landscape architect firm, led a presentation about the project.
Though he has only been involved with BASIC for a year and a half, Hubbard acknowledged that skating enthusiasts have been advocating for a park and coming up against opposition and a multitude of other difficulties for nearly 20 years.
Hubbard explained that the Brattleboro school district has negotiated a lease with the town, which the Selectboard has been reviewing incrementally.
The Crowell Lot already has a lighted basketball court, an informal baseball diamond, and play structures for children. Students at near-by Green Street School often utilize the space after school and during recess. In many ways it is the ideal skate park, Hubbard said.
"It's level, it's accessible, close to town and relatively isolated from residential development, though there are some residences close to it," he said.
"It's located on the public bus line," he added.
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