CRA funded the $500K downtown skate park
By Teresa Sargeant
Reporter
After a January groundbreaking followed by several weeks of construction, the city will host a grand opening next week for the Apopka Action Sports Park, a $500,000 project that the Apopka Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) funded.
The grand opening, which will have a ribbon cutting, will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at the park, which is located north of the Fran Carlton Community Center, 11 N. Forest Ave., Apopka. Parking for the ceremony will be at the center. Edwards Field, south of the Fran Carlton Center, will provide overflow parking space.
Directly linked to the West Orange Trail, the Apopka Action Sports Park entails a street-style skate park area with rails, gaps and banks and a bordering pump track for BMX bikers. Citizens from Apopka and other area communities may bring their boards, bike, scooter and skates to the grand opening ceremony and try out the park.
“We are excited for the opening of the Apopka Action Sports Park, which will give residents and visitor alike another exciting reason to visit our downtown area,” Mayor Bryan Nelson said in a city press release.
The American Ramp Company assisted in designing and building the Apopka Action Sports Park. For over two decades, the Joplin, Mo.-based company has constructed skate and bike parks across the United States and in 44 other countries.
Funded by the tax increment fund (TIF) revenue from city and Orange County governments, the Apopka CRA focuses on improving the city’s downtown area, which includes historical landmarks, homes and commerce.
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