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Skatepark input sought at meeting

By Brian Hagen

01/21/2019

Jeremy Watkins hears community voices during a September 15, 2018 skateboard park forum at Atchison's Reisner Park/Credit: Brian Hagen/MSC News

(KAIR)--Gaining community input into the design of a future Atchison skateboard park is the goal of a meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening.

It comes on the heels of last week’s effort by residents Pamela Cline and Jeremy Watkins to gain input from students during a visit to the Atchison Middle School.

The couple is working with the City of Atchison, on behalf of the Skate High With Hope-Joshua Kinsman Foundation, named in honor of Cline’s son who died in January, 2018 at the age of 17.

According to a news release from the City, the main objective of Wednesday evening’s meeting is to bring together “skaters of all ages and skill levels to view conceptual designs of the proposed skateboard park,” planned to be constructed on green space at Atchison’s Reisner Park, located at North 10th and Kearney Streets.

Watkins told MSC News input into the design is needed before a final decision is made. “Get their ideas on what they would like to see, just to kind of narrow down what we’re really going to be putting in the town for the kids to use.”

Wednesday evening’s meeting will be held in the City Commission room, on the second floor of Atchison’s City Hall, beginning at 7:00.

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