City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0023R

• File #: 08-0023R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Building a Skatepark in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 2/25/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/12/2009
• Enactment #: 08-07
• Title: Informational Hearing - Building a Skatepark in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of requesting that the President of The Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc., brief the Council on the rapid growth of skateboarding across the country, the impact that this trend has on Baltimore City, the necessity for building a skatepark in Baltimore City, the current status of grants and donations that The Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc., has obtained, and the status of its goals to raise funds, build partnerships, secure a location, design, and begin construction of a skatepark in Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Robert Curran, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Resolution, Skatepark

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/12/2009	0	City Council	Withdrawn
2/28/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/28/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/25/2008	0	City Council	Assigned
2/25/2008	0	Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Building a Skatepark in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of requesting that the President of The Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc., brief the Council on the rapid growth of skateboarding across the country, the impact that this trend has on Baltimore City, the necessity for building a skatepark in Baltimore City, the current status of grants and donations that The Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc., has obtained, and the status of its goals to raise funds, build partnerships, secure a location, design, and begin construction of a skatepark in Baltimore City.
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The Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc. is a grassroots 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate the construction of a public, custom, concrete destination skatepark in the City of Baltimore. It actively pursue this mission by planning, fund-raising, and educating the people with whom they come into contact about the importance of youth and adult skateboarding activities and the positive results that could be obtained from the opening of a skatepark in the City of Baltimore.

Since its establishment, The Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc., has organized a variety of fund-raising activities to make headway towards the goal of opening a skatepark in Baltimore City. It has currently held 31 fund-raising activities since March of 2005 ...