Devin Santikarma is a sophomore at Middlebury College and is one of our board members. Devin was at our very first public meeting with a crew of Midd kids in tow and continues to be our liaison to the burgeoning skate community on campus.
Flowers, rain, skatepark news! It must be spring! The Addison Independent recently ran an article covering what the Middlebury Skatepark Project has been up to over the winter. Spoiler alert: it’s a lot!
The first week of Middlebury Skatepark Project skateboard clinics at MUMS was a huge success! This is what skate community looks like — people of all ages and abilities coming together to have FUN and learn from each other and cheer each other on.
Phyllis Stinson has spent much of her adult life living and working overseas – first as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Central Africa and later with her husband and three children…
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Jill joined the MSC in July after finding us on instagram and reaching out to see how she could help. We took her up on that offer and a few months later she built a website to provide a digital home base for us and is donating hosting services. More recently, Jill has been diving deep into the 501c3 process whenever she needs a break from the deep dive of renovating her recently purchased home.
Thanks to the site analysis work of Middlebury student Clark O’Bryan, we’ve pin-pointed an amazing potential location in Recreation Park, and have even received an initial “thumbs-up” from the Parks and Recreation Department!
The Middlebury Skatepark Project is hosting a benefit at Notte Pizza on Saturday, November 12th at 5pm! This family-friendly event will start off with delicious food and drink, kids’ activities and a raffle and continue with music from Bruhm and the Eschatones starting at 8pm. There is a $10 suggested donation at the door. 25% of all food and drink sales go to the Skatepark Project! M.S.P. stickers and t-shirts will also be for sale, and we will have a couple of skateboard-themed activities for the kids. Come for dinner, bring friends, and join the momentum!
The Middlebury Skatepark Coalition is made up of skatepark advocates working to improve our community by enhancing and expanding the outdoor recreation opportunities available to our youth and to our residents. Erik Remsen is an active member of our coalition and wears many different hats within our community as he works to improve it. You can read about one of his most recent efforts to bring a Bike Pump Track to Recreation Park.
Did you know? Some of our members are also involved in an effort to bring a bike pump track to Middlebury! The Addison Independent recently showcased the pump track effort in an article, and the Middlebury Skatepark Project got a mention as well.
Middlebury Skatepark Coalition member Michael Kin has been getting a lot of attention lately due to the amazing mural that he recently completed outside of Mary Hogan. We’ve been a fan of Mike’s artwork and a fan of Mike for a while now and we were even lucky enough to have him design our stickers, t-shirts, and logo.