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Charles River Skatepark News

Media Coverage

• "New park to open this summer," (by Karen Cord Taylor), The Charlestown Patriot-Bridge, March 16, 2006.

• "Peter Lynch’s Wife Flips for Skateboarding and Boston Benefits," Bloomberg News, January 22, 2006.

• "FYI- Rollin’ Along," Boston Sunday Globe, January 22, 2006.

• "Skateboarding Park Set to Open in 2008", Boston Courant, October 3, 2005.

• "The Charles River Conservancy Ramps Up Skatepark Plan" (by Jeffrey Stein), Banker & Tradesman, June 5, 2005.

• "Investing in a Dream: Families, Skaters Hope to Make the Charles River Skatepark a Reality by Next Year" (by Gail Spector), The Boston Parents' Paper, June 2005.

• "For boarders, it's greatest skate: Still waiting for funds and games" (by Kevin Paul Dupont), Boston Globe, May 27, 2005.

• "Make way for duck to visit skatepark site", Cambridge Chronicle, May 26, 2005.

• "They've made finding some board room their business", Boston Globe, Sportsplus Section, April 8, 2005.

• "Halfpipe to Heaven: Thrills, Chills and $100K: Skateboarders Rock Avalon at CRC Benefit." Charles River Parklands Newsletter, Spring 2005, page 1.

• "Cambridge plays host to skatecore benefit concerts", Cambridge Chronicle, March 24, 2005.

• "A godmother on the waterfront", Boston Sunday Globe, City Weekly Section, March 20, 2005.

• "Peter Lynch's guide to philanthropy", Boston Sunday Globe, Business and Money, February 27, 2005.

• "Stoked!", Boston Sunday Globe, Starts and Stops Section, October 24, 2004.

• "Skatepark Funding Hits $500,000 Mark," and "Skatepark Design Session at City Hall." Charles River Parklands Newsletter, September 2004, page 7.

• "Hub rolls out plans for $1.1M skateboard park." Boston Herald, August 17, 2004.

• Three Major Grants Awarded to Charles River Skatepark Project. August 9, 2004.

• "Up in the air." Boston Globe, July 18, 2004.

• "Skate park gets $110,000 in challenge grant." Cambridge Chronicle, June 17, 2004.

• Featured in The Boston Informer, Summer 2004.

• WGBH Television, Greater Boston with Emily Rooney and Jay Baldwin, May 10, 2004.

• CCTV with City Councilor Timothy Toomey, May 5, 2004.

• Boston Neighborhood Network News with Chris Lovett, April 29, 2004.

• "Big Dig's halfpipe to heaven: Skateboarders hail plans for concrete gift along river" (by Joanna Weiss), Boston Globe, April 27, 2004.

• "Hill kids and parents support skatepark." Beacon Hill Times, April 27, 2004.

• "Skate park plan unveiled." Beacon Hill Times, April 20, 2004.

• "Skatepark design plans released." Boston Metro, April 20, 2004.

• "Skateboard makes strange bedfellows." Boston Globe, Names, April 19, 2004.

• "Skaters have edge on this park project." Boston Sunday Globe, City Weekly Section, April 18, 2004.

• Conservancy Skatepark Plans Applauded At Boston City Hall Event On April 13th. April 16, 2004.

• "Skatepark Excitement on the Rise." Charles River Parklands Newsletter, Spring 2004, page 1.

• "An Extreme Vision." Boston Globe, Editorial, March 15, 2004.

• "Skate park gains support." Cambridge Chronicle, March 4, 2004.

• "Charles River Skate Park a constructive solution." Boston Business Journal, February 20-26, 2004.

• "Wheels in motion on Cambridge skateboard park." Boston Globe, February 18, 2004.

• "Funds roll in for skateboard park." Boston Sunday Herald, February 8, 2004.

• "Charles River Conservancy sponsors skatepark project." The Newton TAB, December 24, 2003.

• "Skaters give Input." The Beacon Hill Times, Around the City, December 23, 2003.

• "Skateboarders Roll Out Ideas for Park." The Boston Courant, December 22, 2003.

• "Making space for boarders." The Boston Globe, City Weekly, December 21, 2003.

• "Skate park plans under way." Cambridge Chronicle, December 18, 2003.

• CCTV with City Councilor Brian Murphy, December 16, 2003.

• "New skateboard park may help bridge gaps." The Boston Globe, December 13, 2003.

• Designer Zach Wormhoudt selected for new Charles River Skatepark. At third public design forum on December 15 at Boston Public Library, Wormhoudt will invite input from local skaters. See Charles River Skatepark Plans Moving Forward For East Cambridge (news November 24, 2003), includes meeting details.

• "Designer hired for skatepark." Cambridge Chronicle, November 20, 2003.

• "Along the lost half-mile, a process of rediscovery." Boston Sunday Globe, November 16, 2003.

• "Hawk's ideas starting to fly - tour benefits local skateboarders." The Boston Globe, October 25, 2003.

• WGBH Television, Boston's Proposed Skatepark news story with Emily Rooney, October 24, 2003.

• "New Basin Skatepark Picks Up Momentum." Charles River Parklands Newsletter, September 2003, page 8.

• "Boston Business Leaders Recognized for Skatepark Efforts." Charles River Parklands Newsletter, September 2003, page 8.

• On July 30, over 70 people interested in the skatepark gathered at the Boston Public Library for a conversation about skatepark safety and maintenance hosted by Fox 25 Sports Anchor Butch Stearns. See New Basin Skatepark: Plan Rolls Forward For New Extreme Sports Facility (August 9, 2003).

• Fox Channel 25, 10 o'clock news story on the New Basin skatepark with Butch Stearns, July 30, 2003.

• "New park would have skateboarders on roll." The Boston Globe, July 25, 2003.

• CCTV with Dr. Anne Lusk, Harvard School of Public Health, July 15, 2003.

• Xtreme Athletes to Meet at Boston Public Library on July 30th for New Skatepark Discussion! (7/14/03).

• On June 5, 2003, over 50 skateboarders, BMX bikers and parents gathered at the Boston Public Library to share their design ideas. See Young Athletes Come Together to Help Design Boston's Future Skatepark (June 10, 2003).

• Landscape Architecture Students Help to Design Skatepark on the Charles (May 21, 2003).

• Young Skateboarders Will Help Design a World-Class Skatepark For Boston (May 21, 2003).

• "Skateboard Park an object of dreams." The Boston Sunday Globe, March 16, 2003.

• "Kickflips on the Charles." Charles River Parklands Newsletter, April 2002.