Travis BurkeTravis Burke is on his way back to Austin for a few days or longer. Hurricane Rita is causing the gulf coast region encompassing Corpus, Galveston, etc. to evacuate. While hanging in Austin, he won’t be able to skate the Banana Farm ramp he helped build. Adam’s ripping out the flatbottom where the wood has started to mush and replacing it. He could use help and money for new wood. You can reach him at 337-794-1370. I’m talking about Adam here, not Travis. His flat bottom is just fine.

There are two skatepark-related meetings going on thursday night competing for our attention. At 6:00 pm, Round Rock City Council will decide upon the budget for their first skatepark project, which has been limited to $110,000 by the Round Rock Parks and Recreation staffers. More money could be made available for a larger facility if the turnout at this meeting is strong. Contact Darrell Lowrance for more details– 388-7204.

The City of Austin will hold a public input meeting thursday night regarding an upcoming bond election in the spring. This is a critical meeting for escalating the priority of Austin building more skateboarding facilities in the next few years. These bond elections only come around every five or so years, so it’s an incredibly rare opportunity to get the wheels rolling on more skateparks. This is a completely different bond package than the one being put together by Travis County. Here’s a link to the coordinates for this input meeting.

As I type and likely as you’re reading this text, Doug King is onsite in Smithville building a small concrete public skatepark there. With just a $28,000 budget, this is going to be a pretty small park, but Doug is pushing the limits of what he can accomplished for that money. Steve Kessler and John Altman are on the crew.
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