UPDATE ON
DEVONSHIRE GREEN PROJECTS
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1.
DESIGN/LAYOUT/BUILD PROJECT
A
follow-up meeting was held on 4 April 1998 and
the final design plan agreed on. Concrete was the
unanimous choice. The layout comprises loads of
ramps, steps, blocks, curves, transitions and a
driveway. So, something for everyone and plenty
to please the crowds. Chris Bailey and Simon
Ogden from the City Council will be making the
technical drawings and submitting them for
planning permission.
All
WAP members will have a chance to see the final
drawings before they are sent off. The group is
now in the process of gathering bids and
selecting a contractor. Anybody whose gone down
this route before and who can recommend builders
or contractors, please get in touch. If all goes
smoothly, we anticipate building work will begin
in July or August this
year.
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2.
EVENTS/PUBLICITY PROJECT
The
group are looking at a mini-event in a couple of
months time to celebrate the site, before
building work begins, as a taster for a bigger
event later in the summer. Depending on what's
available in the budget, it will involve ramps, a
bit of a street course, live music and live
graffiti. Watch this space for further
developments and details.
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3.
FUNDRAISING PROJECT
This
is the group on which all the others depend, to
raise the moolah for them to do their stuff.
Anybody with hot tips for likely sponsors or
donors, please get in touch with us. Every little
helps, and we need a lot!
that we
report that our funding application to the South
Yorkshire Police Authority CIP Fund has been
turned down! After a good initial response and
much encouraging feedback, we received the
knockback letter today (20.6.98). No specific
reason was given, just that the fund was swamped
with applications. This is a sad and unexpected
blow, not unlike slamming on a stair rail with
your legs splayed. After a period of therapeutic
swearing and drinking to forget - it will be back
to the drawing board to start over again.
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Photos wanted
If
you would like your work previewed in the Gallery, please send us your
prints with full details (Either via e-mail or
snail - details on Gallery Page).
We are always looking for good graphics to put
up.
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THINGS TO SELL OR
SWAP,
USE THIS SPACE TO ADVERTISE
FOR FREE.
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THE
RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE HANDED OUT AT THE
PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING AT THE CRUCIBLE
THEATRE HAVE NOW BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL
COPY OF THEIR
REPORT
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See the Plan
The City Council have produced a
technical drawing based on the suggestions and
sketches from all the skaters, inliners and
BMXers at the Design/Layout/Build meetings. The
park will be built in concrete and the plans will
now be put out to tender. Anybody who can
recommend a concrete contractor or builder, or
anybody with park building experience, please get
in touch. The full size plans are also available
for viewing at SUMO Skateshop in the FORUM
Building on Division Street or contact Sue via
WAP.
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THE HOUSE,
Sheffield's new indoor skatepark, opened at the
beginning of May. It's run by Rob Bannister and
Tom Watkins. You can get on to their site from HERE.
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