The skater park is a home away from home for many
While I was at the new bike rack party a few weeks ago, I stopped to check out the kids at the skate park, in Peacock Park. I noticed that many other adults wandered over, too. It sort of just draws you if you are in the area.
On Saturdays there is a drop off camp at the skate park. Many kids would have nowhere else to go and would most likely be home alone, but at the skate park, it's like one happy family.
The older kids help with the younger kids. You can't help but stop and watch when you are in the area.
The kids have a lot of respect for each other, and adults. I have stopped many on the street to ask about what they do and they always have a very respectful manner about them. NY Pizza supplies pizza from across the street and parents stop and shop in the Grove.
Kids have their birthday parties there, and they just feel at home there. I saw one birthday invitation and it said, "Don't worry about your skills, the coaches will have everyone skating." Loved that, it makes everyone feel welcome and included.
The One Cool World Base Camp will be part of the Grove's Bike Day on April 26 at the Skate Park. One Cool World will be hosting demonstrations, offering free lessons and safety classes, a skate contest and fundraiser all day for Family Resource Center of South Florida.
St. Stephen's, next door, has an after school program, as well.
Photo by Harry Emilio Gottlieb
posted by Tom Falco at 10:00 AM
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4 Comments:
I think this is somewhat of a good tourist attraction. If tourist knew we had these great parks and their children could actually engage in activities like this, I agree some would spend some money in our restaurants and clothing stores. Does this info go out in tourist magazines?
I wish we had that skate park when I was growing up! Might have kept a lot of kids (who had nothing to do) out of trouble.
This park is great. It's far better than the old tradition of getting chased out of parking structures and parks by security guards and cops. It's a great demonstration of progess to have these kinds of things, when just 20-25 years ago, my generation was being yelled out, chased out, and generally despised by most of society.
Funny this should be posted today, just this last sunday, I ran into a couple at black point marina, who upon my mention of being from the grove, said they come there nearly every weekend so their kid can ride in the skate park and they can wander around, shop, have a drink, lunch, etc. And apparently the Barracuda and their famous chicken balls of fire are a favorite.
Skateboarding and chicken balls, bringing them in from the Falls. But really they said they especiallly liked the neighborhood feel of the grove.
How about "Grove Family Day" or "Grove Family Bicycle Races" or
Grove Family something or other, "Kids Day in the Grove".
We have three or four really beautiful parks on the Bay.
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