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New skatepark designs released today

By Portland Press Herald Staff Report September 16, 2008 02:06 PM

City officials unveiled three proposals for Portland's new skate park late this morning.

The Portland Skatepark Planning Committee is in the middle of a fundraising campaign for a new $325,000 skateboard park at Dougherty Field off Douglass Street. The committee has raised more than $150,000 for the park.

The committee reached an agreement last month with a Kennebunkport design company called Who Skates? to create a concept for a new park.

The committee released three proposals this morning at a press conference at City Hall. Members expect to have a design selected by later this month and plan to establish a Web site where skaters may vote on their favorite proposal.

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Skate Park Design 1


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Skate Park Design 2

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Skate Park Design 3

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