Baltimore Maryland: In Desparate Need of a Skatepark!

Baltimore's only current skatepark, located in Carroll Park

Baltimore, Maryland needs another skatepark.  Currently, the city has one 10,000 square foot park to accommodate roughly 30,000 skaters in the city.  Many of the other smaller cities in Maryland have adequate skateparks, but the state's biggest city is lagging behind.  This is why Baltimore Maryland is a very deserving candidate for the Tony Hawk Grant.



 The group that would be most suited to apply for the Tony Hawk Grant would be a group called the Skatepark of Baltimore.  It is a group of over 100 volunteers who are rallying around the need to build a large skating park in Baltimore.  As there are skaters, community activists, and skateboard enthusiasts in the group, the Skatepark of Baltimore is well qualified to submit the grant for the Tony Hawk Grant.

Aside from having about 30,000 skaters, Baltimore is a city with a lot of youths growing up in poverty who would benefit from another skating park.  The median household income in the city of Baltimore is slightly over $30,000.  There are also a large number of at risk youths Baltimore who could use another place to go to do something fun and sociable instead of being put in potentially violent or troublesome situations.

Proposed location for a new skatepark

Currently, the only skating park in Baltimore is located in Carroll Park and is 10,000 sq feet.  The Skatepark of Baltimore is proposing to open a skatepark in Roosevelt Park in Hamden.  The best location for this would be at the intersection of W 36th and Falls Rd.  The new proposed park would be about 5.2 miles from the existing skating park at Carroll Park.  Therefore it would still be in the heart of the city, but would be spread out enough so that there would be a park in relatively close proximity to most of the cities skaters.

The new park would be 11,000 sq feet and should contain a combination of the following: half pipes, quarter pipes, handrails, vertical ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, pools, bowls, snake runs, and stairsets.