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Around 1995, Tyler Parks, then
age 12 and Paul Scott, then age
13 prepared a request to the
Lunenburg Town Council,
asking for use of land owned by
the Town of Lunenburg, next to
what was known as the “Blue Building, off
Victoria Road for use as a skateboard park. Tyler
made the presentation to Town Council and their wish was
granted. Young skateboarders built several homemade ramps and placed
them on this poorly paved area, which was used by many skateboarders for
about five years. Skateboarders continued to ask the Town of Lunenburg for a
better and more permanent skateboard park location.
During the summer of 2000, skateboarders and parents lobbied the Town of
Lunenburg for use of the Lunenburg arena for an indoor skateboard park.
Permission was granted and with the help of volunteer adult chaperones the
arena was opened for the summer. Ramps were built by young skateboarders
in the “Blue Building” and moved to the arena. The arena was operated by
volunteers that summer as a youth drop-in centre with paintings, bead stringing,
games and skatepark and special events. Skateboarders continued to lobby for
a permanent location and the Town developed and paved a 60’ x 125 ‘ area to
be used as permanent skateboard park. At the end of summer 2000 the
skateboard ramps were moved to this new site.
Lunenburg had one of the finest skateboard parks on the South Shore. The
park had been designed, built and partially funded by skateboarders, with some
funding from the province of Nova Scotia and private businesses. Much of the
design and carpentry work had been done by Logan and Obe Amos, Jesse
Watson, Reece Baird. The ramps were made of wood and some were covered
with steel.
In May and June 2004, with funds from the PJ Hanlon Memorial Fund, new
ramps were built and the park took on a new shape and meaning. Friends of PJ
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Hanlon, Obe Amos, Logan Amos and Paul Scott worked tirelessly for many
weeks, using the funds from the PJ Hanlon Memorial Fund to design and build
new ramps. Obe, Logan and Paul laid the foundation for a ½ pipe but there was
no money to complete the project. The new ramps were dedicated to the
memory of P J Hanlon, who made the Lunenburg Skatepark his home park and
who helped and supported the construction of the park over the years.
Dedication Ceremony in PJ’s Memory
Two months
following the
dedication to PJ
Hanlon’s
memory, Paul
Scott was killed
in a car crash
and money
donated in his
memory was
used to
purchase materials to complete the ½
pipe, which Paul had started to build.
Paul’s friends Obe Amos, Matt Veinot and
Jesse Lavers built the ½ Pipe. Money
from Paul’s memorial fund was also used
to purchase steel to cover the ½ pipe and
remaining ramps in the park, which was
installed by Paul’s friends under the expert
tutelage of Matt Veinot.
During 2007, Nova Scotia Community
College delivered a program called “Reach
Out to Nova Scotia”. Students of NSCC
identified projects to volunteer their time
to. The Lunenburg Skatepark was one of
the projects. The Paul Scott Memorial
fund donated the money to purchase
paint, screws, paving stones, sand,
topsoil, fertilizer and lawn seed to refurbish
PJ Hanlon, Community Leader
the Lunenburg Skatepark. The NSCC
students cleaned up garbage, re-set the
screws in the steel covering the ramps, painted the ramps, laid sand and paving
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stones for walkways leading to the park, spread
topsoil, fertilizer and lawn seed. In one day, the
skatepark was given a facelift.
The Lunenburg Skatepark attracted approximately
30 users a day during the week and up to 50 per
day on weekends and continued to be used
regularly until 2010. In 2010, following inspection
of the ramps by the Public Works Department and
a contractor who both indicated that the park was
not safe because of rotting wood. The Town of
Lunenburg decided, with safety in mind, that they
would dismantle the ramps. This was a great blow
to Jeanne Faye, mother of PJ Hanlon, because of
the work carried out on the park with money from
Paul Scott, Community Leader
her son’s memorial fund. It was also a great blow
to Ida Scott, mother of Paul Scott because of Paul’s
history in getting the park started and working on its construction over the years.
The ½ pipe foundation was able to be salvaged and again the Paul Scott
Memorial Fund donated money to purchase material to rebuild the ½ pipe. The
Town of Lunenburg’s Public Works Department rebuilt the ½ pipe, which is still
being used today by skateboarders, BMX bikers and to a lesser extent, scooter
users.
The Skatepark group in Bridgewater had raised money to purchase two pre-fab
ramps at a cost of $32,000 and because that group no longer had a location for
a temporary skateboard park, the Town of Bridgewater, the custodians of the
prefab ramps loaned the ramps to the Lunenburg Skatepark, where, together
with the ½ pipe a small skatepark is available to users.
The Lunenburg Skatepark has and
continues to be overseen,
inspected and maintained by the
Lunenburg Recreation Department.
The Bridgewater skatepark group
will soon ask to have their ramps
returned to Bridgewater as they
work toward having a temporary
Photo of our Skate Park Ramps, which
have been dismantled. Our proposed
metal ramps will be more
sustainable in our climate.
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skatepark for 2014. Therefore the Lunenburg Recreation Department under the
leadership of Robin Scott has involved youth in a potential design for a new and
revitalized Lunenburg skatepark and has identified pre-fab ramps to purchase to
add to the Lunenburg Park. Following is a visual of what the park will look like.
The ½ pipe will be repainted and repaired and will remain as part of the park.
Proposed Lunenburg Skate Park
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PARTNERSHIPS
We can achieve very little without partnerships and work toward having a
revitalized skateboard park in Lunenburg is possible only because of
partnerships.
Following is the budget projection for the expense and revenue for the
Lunenburg Skateboard Park.
EXPENSE
Cost of Pre-Fab ramp
purchase
$54,000
REVENUE
Source
Amount
Comments
N S Health and Wellness
Province of NS
$18,000
Approved
Town of Lunenburg
9,000
Approved
Corporate & Individual
Sponsorship
20,000
Being requested
Fundraising through
7,000
Fundraisers being planned. Fundraisers will
also raise money for any shortfall with
sponsorship projections.
PJ Hanlon Memorial
Fund and the Paul Mark
Scott Memorial Fund
$54,000.00
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SPONSOR PACKS
With this information package we are asking Corporate and individual Sponsors
for contributions toward the Lunenburg Skate park. Our offering to sponsors is
as follows:
All sponsors will receive a tax receipt from the Town of Lunenburg.
Amount of
Donation
$5 to $50
Sponsor title
Recognition for donation
Deck
Sponsors will receive special mention on the Town of
Lunenburg’s Skate park website and in a program for
the official opening of the revitalized park.
$51 to $100
Trucks and Wheels
Special mention on the Town of Lunenburg’s skatepark
website and in the program for the official opening of
the revitalized park and will be named on a shared
sponsor board at the Skate Park.
$101 to $500
Carve
Special mention on the Town of Lunenburg’s skatepark
website and in the program for the official opening of
the revitalized park. Name &/or logo will be displayed
on a sponsor board at the Skate Park according to
town signage rules.
$501 to $1,000
Grind
$1,001 to $2,000
Ollie
Special mention on the Town of Lunenburg’s skatepark
website and in the program for the official opening of
the revitalized park. Special mention during the official
opening of the revitalized park. Name &/or logo will be
displayed on a sponsor board at the Skate Park
according to town signage rules.
Special mention on the Town of Lunenburg’s skatepark
website and in the program for the official opening of
the revitalized park. Special mention during the official
opening of the revitalized park. Name &/or logo will be
displayed on a sponsor board at the Skate Park
according to town signage rules. Two – three month
passes to the weight room at the Lunenburg
Community Centre.
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$2,001 to $4,000
Railslide
Special mention on the Town of Lunenburg’s skatepark
website and in the program for the official opening of
the revitalized park. Special mention during the official
opening of the revitalized park. Name &/or Logo
displayed on a permanent sponsor board at the Skate
Park. Teambuilding package from international team
expert Tyler Hayden, includes books, CDROM’s and 2
hours of coaching. Two – three month passes to the
weight room at the Lunenburg Community Centre. Two
hour free rental of the Community Centre for a family or
corporate function.
$4,001 to $6,000
Kickflip
Special mention on the Town of Lunenburg’s skatepark
website and in the program for the official opening of
the revitalized park. Special mention during the official
opening of the revitalized park. Name & /or Logo
displayed on a permanent sponsor sign at the Skate
Park. Your organization receives a one hour
motivational or team building session by Tyler Hayden.
Two – three month passes to the weight room at the
Lunenburg Community Centre. Two hour free rental of
the Community Centre for a family or corporate
function.
For additional information please contact:
Robin Scott
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Recreation Director and Special Events Co-ordinator
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Town of Lunenburg
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P.O. Box 129
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Lunenburg, NS
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B0J 2C0
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Office ph: 902-634-4006
Cell:
902-521-6469
[email protected]
We appreciate your donation to this project.
Please make cheques payable to:
Town of Lunenburg, Skatepark Fund and mail or drop off to the address above.
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