Clifton Skate Zone was opened in 2002. Now the park is officially closed and in decay. Mary Sadrakula calls it "a disgrace." It is a disgrace, in March of 2015 Clifton City Council purchased $65,000 worth of park equipment from Fort Lee Skatepark, which closed in 2011. Renovations for the Clifton Skate Zone still haven't started, its October of 2015 now. The other reason for this petition is not only to rebuild the park but to also make it a public skatepark like all the other parks in New Jersey. By making it public and also ELIMINATING FENCING we can make the skatepark what it's supposed to be. Fencing does nothing for the park you can read this article by Spohn Ranch on fencing skateparks http://www.spohnranch.com/five-reasons-not-to-fenc... . The third proposition for this petition is to make the skatepark free. In the past people had to pay an admission fee to skate the park. Do you pay to play basketball or baseball at a park? No so why would you pay to skate a skatepark. Currently according to a Clifton Police Officer I learned that the city technically requires people to have a permit to skate there. This is ridiculous and needs to be stopped. I was also told that the park NEEDS to be supervised which is ludicrous, all that has to be done is put up a sign saying USE THIS FACILITY AT YOUR OWN RISK. Plenty of parks I've personally skated use this same concept and the parks run perfectly and freely. Please Help us get Clifton Skate Zone back to what it was.
Let's make Clifton Skate Zone
GREAT
FREE
&
ACCESSIBLE FOR SKATERS & BMXERS
#FORTHEKIDS
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Why are we paying for gear that just sits there collecting dust? Fix the park already. Tired of the city wasting tax money while the kids got nowhere to go.
I spent my middle school years in this park, it is a disgrace to see it go into ruins. We need to have this park restored for the better of the community. Lets make Clifton better!
Lets be the difference fam
haaannnnn
GET THIS DONE ASAP
This skatepark is embarrassing to the town of Clifton.
Why not?
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Clifton Skate Zone was opened in 2002. Now the park is officially closed and in decay. Mary Sadrakula calls it "a disgrace." It is a disgrace, in March of 2015 Clifton City Council purchased $65,000 worth of park equipment from Fort Lee Skatepark, which closed in 2011. Renovations for the Clifton Skate Zone still haven't started, its October of 2015 now. The other reason for this petition is not only to rebuild the park but to also make it a public skatepark like all the other parks in New Jersey. By making it public and also ELIMINATING FENCING we can make the skatepark what it's supposed to be. Fencing does nothing for the park you can read this article by Spohn Ranch on fencing skateparks http://www.spohnranch.com/five-reasons-not-to-fenc... . The third proposition for this petition is to make the skatepark free. In the past people had to pay an admission fee to skate the park. Do you pay to play basketball or baseball at a park? No so why would you pay to skate a skatepark. Currently according to a Clifton Police Officer I learned that the city technically requires people to have a permit to skate there. This is ridiculous and needs to be stopped. I was also told that the park NEEDS to be supervised which is ludicrous, all that has to be done is put up a sign saying USE THIS FACILITY AT YOUR OWN RISK. Plenty of parks I've personally skated use this same concept and the parks run perfectly and freely. Please Help us get Clifton Skate Zone back to what it was.
Let's make Clifton Skate Zone
GREAT
FREE
&
ACCESSIBLE FOR SKATERS & BMXERS
#FORTHEKIDS
13 Comments
This skatepark used to be a great place for tons of kids to come and have fun safely outside of the mayhem on the streets.
Why are we paying for gear that just sits there collecting dust? Fix the park already. Tired of the city wasting tax money while the kids got nowhere to go.
I spent my middle school years in this park, it is a disgrace to see it go into ruins. We need to have this park restored for the better of the community. Lets make Clifton better!
Lets be the difference fam
haaannnnn
GET THIS DONE ASAP
This skatepark is embarrassing to the town of Clifton.
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This skatepark used to be a great place for tons of kids to come and have fun safely outside of the mayhem on the streets.