Celebrating 75 Years of Casselberry - The Community Minded City

SKATE 32707 is gearing up to see a skatepark built in Casselberry in order to provide its citizens, especially the many at risk youth that call it home, with another recreational outlet.  Skateboarding is growing in popularity nationwide and its millions of participants are under served as a whole with very few skateparks available.  As a result, skaters are left to fend for themselves in the streets.

In 2014, the #1 mechanism for skateboarding deaths in Florida was collisions with motor vehicles.  In fact, it was the sole cause of fatal accidents involving skaters.

In Casselberry, skateboards are prohibited in city parks and on city owned land.

SKATE 32707 is a grassroots campaign to change that, by advocating for the site selection and construction of a skatepark in Casselberry.

We are proud of our Casselberry roots and will very soon be making available yard signs that celebrate our 75th Anniversary as a City as well as support for the Casselberry Skatepark.

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If you would like a sign for your yard, follow SKATE 32707 on Facebook to learn where we will be distributing them.

 

Where Would The Casselberry Skatepark Be Located?

One of the first questions after "When is the City building it?" that we're hearing is:

"WHERE?"

There is plenty of existing city owned space that would work for a skatepark location in The City of Casselberry.

We recently took a look around and picked five locations that we feel have enough positive attributes to make them viable site locations.

Some are better than others, but in essence the purpose of the exercise is to show parcels that are appropriately sized (.667 acres - 1+ acres) to accommodate a skatepark roughly the size of Cocoa Beach Skatepark or Zephyrhills Skatepark which are good examples of a community size skatepark.  Both of these parks are co-located within existing parks.

Cocoa Beach Skatepark

To see the map, click on the link below.

Casselberry Skatepark Locations Map

Go Skate Day 2015

Go Skate Day is Coming!

Skateboarding Citizen

Casselberry, FL United States

Jun 9, 2015 — Every day is a great day to grab a board and skate, but every skater looks forward to June 21st every year because it marks the first official day of summer and is Go Skate Day. Skateparks and Skate Shops across the world will host events to encourage and support skateboarding with contests and giveaways. Orlando Skatepark is currently undergoing renovations and will re-open in time to host an event to showcase the skateparks' new features. Cocoa Beach Skatepark, New Smyrna Beach Skatepark and many others across the Sunshine State will be hosting events as well.

You wont see one in Casselberry, yet. With everyones continued support and advocacy, we will soon. The Casselberry Skatepark is going to become a reality with everyones hard work. Keep talking about it, posting signs of support in your yard and emailing the City Commission. Remaining top of mind in a positive and community minded way will lead to our success.

Take a break when you have the time to spare and watch the attached documentary: Forgotten Youth

It highlights efforts to build a skatepark in Pensacola and is a powerful and uplifting story. Its exciting to see business leaders and elected officials involved in the process rather than avoiding it.

Have a great summer!

New yard signs are arriving soon. Message us if you want to show your support for getting our kids off the streets and into a park and build a community that supports everyone.

#concretechange #pouritnow #skate32707

Forgotten Youth

Following an up coming professional, who happens to love skateboarding, and his quest to build a skate plaza in his hometown of Pensacola, Florida. A large demographic is being overlooked...

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