City of Casselberry - Casselton Drive Skate Dot

With the recent approval of the Casselberry City Commission, design of the Casselton Drive Skate Dot will begin.

One of the goals of the design may be to incorporate a piece of skate art into the project like any one of those shown below.

It could be one of them or several.  The most important component of this project is getting support and demonstrating it clearly to the City Commission.

We continue to need a Skate Dot Ambassador from the neighborhood immediately adjacent to the proposed site on Casselton Drive.

Contact Us Today if you would like to help deliver a high quality Skate Dot to the community.

If you've seen a skate element that should be considered, forward it to us & make sure to plan to attend meetings that will be scheduled to discuss the design further.

WANTED: South Casselberry Skaters

Last night, October 26, 2015, the City Commission directed City Staff to include a Skate Spot in the ongoing design of the Casselton Drive Improvement Project.

During a public workshop for the preliminary design, a resident who uses Casselton Drive daily expressed the need for a safe alternative to the street for the skaters she sees most afternoons.

While the actual construction is still over a year away, (Late 2016 - Early 2017) the time for making sure the skateboard friendly design elements make it into the final design starts now.

Wanted:  South Casselberry Skaters

We need supporters of our overall mission to bring a free skatepark to Casselberry in the southern end of our great town to step forward as ambassadors for this smaller project.

 Support a Skatepark in Casselberry

If you live in the southern end of Casselberry, you know that park amenities are non existent.  The linear park space being created is small, yet perfect for a skate dot project.

We have plenty of yard signs available, if you need one or a few, simply send us a message on Facebook: SKATE 32707 or email us from this blog.

We encourage HOA's to contact us to meet and discuss the value a skate spot will bring to the neighborhood and the Casselberry community at large.



    

Cause & Effect: A Casselberry Skatepark Will Be Popular & Well Used

Casselberry, FL has a robust Parks & Recreation Department that offers plenty of traditional activities and venues for its citizens.  Over the past few decades, skateboarding has grown in popularity across the country seeing participation rates increase, while traditional sports have seen their numbers decline.  Despite this trend, Casselberry remains without a skatepark.

Within the Casselberry City Limits there are approximately 800 skaters based on current demographics and skateboarding participation rates.

If the area of influence a Casselberry Skatepark is expanded to include neighboring cities and unincorporated areas that share our border that are also without a skatepark facility, the number grows  to approximately 3,600 skaters.

Currently, the residents who skate for recreation are left to either skate the streets, parking lots or wherever they can find a space.

The status quo needs to change.

One of the ways that we're trying to influence the City of Casselberry to bring a skatepark to our city is to increase awareness to our mission.

Signs like these: 

 

Lead to signs like this:

We're starting to see support from our elected officials, so we know public support is working.

More importantly, communicate your desire to have a skatepark to each City Commissioner in person at events, email them and voice your support at Commission Meetings.  

We will have a Casselberry Skatepark, its simply a matter of time.

Keep up the effort, its working.