Skate Park, Pump Track & Basketball Court

The skate park seems like a waste of taxpayer money. If you take a look at the skatepark at the factory in wake forest no one is ever there. So it’s already shown the interest level of kids in this area. Use the money for something that will get used.

You continue to have all recreation in just the northwest section of the city. The other areas get nothing!

Looking forward to the addition of the pump track!

5th Pocket built the Hillsborough skate park. They are finishing up the Chapel Hill skatepark. I would suggest the town of WF to hire 5th Pocket to build the park. I like the way they build / design skateparks. I've been skateboarding for 30 yrs. I travel to the West Coast frequently. I still skate. My hobby is to visit skateparks where ever I travel. Please do build a skatepark that has really big features. Most kids can't skate them. Most of the parks I enjoy skating has very simply layout / flow with small to medium features. This engages the beginner to intermediate riders. The advanced riders can still have fun skating such layout. If you build a park that has many big advanced features, no one can skate them and the park is empty most of the time. There are 4 basic elements that I would suggest the park should have: a 3.5 ft mini-ramp, a 10 ft round rail on flat ground for kids to learn basic grind tricks, a 12 ft slappy curb on flat ground with metal coping, and a 10 ft manual pad that is 5 inches tall. These features will provide an infinite number of tricks for the beginner and intermediate to learn various grind tricks WITHOUT a lot consequence (meaning if a skater falls, the chance of getting hurt is low). A bonus feature would be a flat to down rail that a bout 6 inches tall. One of the most important element of a great skatepark is that the park should be flat like a basketball court. There should not be a lot negative or positive grade from on end to the other. To touch on the mini-ramp part, a bowl with a section of mini-ramp that about 3.5 ft tall is perfect to learn on. Look at the new bowl 5th pocket is building at Chapel Hill as a reference. A mini-ramp is a crucial element to have in a park for kids to learn how to skate transition with a relatively quick learning curve, and without much consequence in the event of a crash.

I was thinking more pickleball courts for parents to play on while kids are skating.

Sorry I missed the meeting but I hope & pray that we are moving this beautiful project forward and opening the community up to a better future for our children and adults alike who enjoy the skate culture and what it brings to the community and sport.

The WFCA would like the Town to please consider protecting and enhancing the important riparian buffers along the streams on the skate park property during their park design process. The Joyner Park pond 1,000 feet downstream of the proposed skate park has had water quality problems in recent years, and currently has warning signs about avoiding contact with the pond water due to toxic algae blooms. Riparian buffers, especially forested buffers, are crucial for absorbing the nutrients and pollutants in stormwater runoff that contribute to toxic algae blooms. We are requesting that the Town preserve 50-foot wide forested buffers along all drainageways on the site to the extent practicable, including on the ephemeral streams where the Neuse River Buffer Rules do not apply. We are providing a map of the potential waterways using the topography from NC One Map. These have not been field verified, but it is likely that the solid lines are intermittent or perennial, and do require buffers, and the dashed lines are most likely ephemeral. We have a consulting biologists in our group who would be happy to come out to the site and identify the perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral stream reaches on the site if that would be helpful.

Also please make sure professional ramp builders are involved I can suggest people if you need them! Often community parks are built with bad transition and by people that do not know how to build obstacles so please consult experts!

Hey it would be awesome to have some bigger ramps and box jumps for scooter rider and bmx riders, their is barely any good box jumps in North Carolina! That would be make me and a lot of other scooter riders come to the park!!

Please provide buffer between the two parks.
Our wildlife is running out of areas to live.
Traffic needs to be controlled without making Harris Rd a major thoroughfare. We residents would like to keep some of the area that brought us out here.

Thank you to the town of Wake forest for starting this project. Having a real skatepark built by a reputable company is important in order to keep the park for future generations. By allowing the public input shows you care about working with the people of Wake County in order to have the best park for everyone.

My only concern would be for the park to have trees incorporated or on the perimeter in order to have shade pockets for the users of the park. I’m familiar with New lines other project the Washington Skatepark in California that made good use of the space but also had plenty of shade for the skaters. By having shade we can use the park during all daylight hours.

Another addition could be night lights to allow for night time skating for families and people that work a typical 9-5 and cannot enjoy the park until the afternoon. They can be on a timer and shut off at the 10pm for example. We could use this opportunity to have it be solar powered.

My last thought on the matter would be if water fountains could be available nearby for the skaters to use. Vending machines could be an option down the road if needed. My concern is that without proper hydration sources, kids might try walking on Harris rd to the nearby shopping center up the road. That would be a dangerous journey on a two way road for young kids to walk with Cars speeding by and even snakes on the grass since they have to real sidewalk to use.

Please also add more than 1 trash can to ensure the place is clean for everyone to use.
Thanks Newline and the city of Wake forests for helping the future generations have a safe place to skate.I look forward to attending the upcoming meeting and seeing the vision in person!

Yes please do a space for roller skaters as well. I agree with another person requesting a flat ground outdoor rink or open space for roller skaters. We also use tennis courts which obviously aren’t the best option. I would also appreciate trees and shade.

Please leave some trees and provide shade so the project can be enjoyed in the summer months
TREES and SHADE make outdoor activities enjoyable

Please Please leave some trees SHADE SHADE is desperately Needed Trees and Shade
protect our children while providing fun. Too hot to enjoy the outdoors
Please trees and shade

Having lived in both NY & Venice CA that both had incredible places for kids & adults to skate, bike, inline, Wake Forest is in need of this amazing opportunity for its community! A place for people to commune, be creative, exercise, explore different sports is an absolute necessity! As a player of organized sports all my life, skateboarding & bike riding gave me a freedom and creativity that I would never have imagined playing organized sports. Let’s build something incredible & memorable & a legacy for our community!

Please consider a flat ground outdoor rink for roller skaters. Many of us are utilizing tennis courts to practice roller dance and to learn how to skate. We enjoy being outdoors and taking in the fresh air. I would love an opportunity to speak with you and share how impactful an outdoor rink, in addition to the skate park and pump track, would be for our area.

Pickle Ball courts please!!

I strongly support wake forest’s decision to build a skate park. With delicious skate park closing there are no avenues for skaters to have a designated place to skateboard anymore. This is MUCH needed in our town. I grew up at delicious and I would love my sons to have the ability to call a place home like I did. We need to give our youth options.

The park is great but PLEASE stop leveling every last pocket of woods to build ugly apartments that look straight out of the Soviet block...traffic is already ridiculous

As a now 34 year old skateboarder from Raleigh, I can attest to just how important a skatepark and pump track would mean for Wake Forest. Kids of all ages need somewhere that is safe and supported by the community. Skateboarding, inline skating, and more have become huge sources of creativity, exercise, and energy around this area for many years now. This is a very relevant and progressive way to encourage more outside activity and bonding with others over shared interests and passions. I am in full support of this initiative and would be happy to elaborate on why or help in any way possible.