Over the years Drayton resident Jo-Anne Brown has contemplated the need for and requests from local youth for a skateboard park in the area.
In the past few years, Brown has seenwhat she feels are unsafe and makeshift ramps in use.
Unfortunately, she says, these well-intentioned and creative solutions are often set up in poor locations or constructed from scrap materials. In response Brown is attempting to form a committee to see to it that area youth have a proper and safe skateboard park in the community.
The committee would need to establish a budget to present to council and gather resources and input from the community, and as well as determine a proper location for a skateboard park. The committee’s work would also involve creating fundraising initiatives to cover the costs.
Anyone interested in improving the lives of local youth in this manner are asked to contact Brown at bikerbrown1@live.ca.
