PRAB Meeting Date: July 21st, 2025
To: Members of the Park and Recreation Advisory Board
From: Andrew Tussing, Interim Streets & Parks Manager
Title
PRAB receives and update on skateboard park grant award
Body
Action Requested:
PRAB receives and update on skateboard park grant award
Summary Report:
In the 2024 legislative session, the legislature set aside funding for skateboard park improvements throughout the state. In 2025, the city worked with local skateboard representatives that pursued grant funding and were successful in receiving $500,000 for phase 2 expansion of the skateboard park in Memorial Park.
When the first phase was built in 2015 the park always had a plan for an additional phase. The city is waiting on the grant agreement. Once the grant agreement is in place we will look for design services later this year, and construction plan for 2026.
Alternative Options:
NA
Financial Impacts:
$500,000 secured through grant from the State of Minnesota
Tentative Timelines:
Design fall 2025
Construction summer 2026