6-26-08
It's Official!!!! Misiano Construction & Remodeling, Inc., along with Team Pain Enterprises has been awarded the contract to build the New Smyrna Beach Skate Park.
A lot of people did a lot to make this thing happen, some of those include Mike "Walrus" Duncan, Kelly Lynn, Susan Renzuli and Kelly Ball starting the process over 5 years ago of making this into a reality and raising funds. Danny Young and his company Zev Cohen & Associates donated a lot of services to finding us a useful way to develop our land. Team Pain helped out immensely by coming up with the design, and devoting countless hours. Ian Bellafiore and myself came into the NSB skate park committee about 2 years ago and were just in time to help to apply for a grant, which we wound up getting from the county. We also got a Tony Hawk grant to help out with expenses. And now my company was awarded the contract to make it happen, via Team Pain!
Finally, East Coast Florida will have a worth while skate park along 95 between St Augustine and Cocoa. The pool is designed by the combined efforts of Kelly Lynn and Tito P. It is going to kick ass! Tile and Pool coping. The flow area 'may' have some original features, being "the shark bite capital of the world" and all. NSB is on the map. We will now have a killer concrete skate park, free, open to the public sun up to sun down... fenced. Total surf and turf destination being right between NSB inlet and Ponce Inlet.
Tony Misiano
2-7-08
Our skatepark project continues to move forward. Our site plan has been approved and we now have a final skatepark design that will make our park a standout in the skateboard community. For more info check the News & Events page. Keep the Faith - NSBSkate
10-17-07
Our skatepark project is moving forward!
• The final site plan was recently submitted for approval by the city.
• We now have a final skatepark design that will make our park a standout in the skateboard community. See it on the Park Layout page.
• A Volusia Echo Project sign has been placed on the skatepark property at the corner of Industrial Park Avenue and Turnbull Street. See it HERE.
• An account has been setup at Wachovia Bank so we can now legally accept your donations! More info on the Contributions page.
• The City of New Smyrna Beach has recently put out a press release that includes some more new info. Read it HERE.
3-16-07
BIG NEWS!!! Our skatepark project was recently awarded a Volusia County ECHO Grant in the amount of $224,167. Congratulations to all the New Smyrna Beach City Officials/Employees and NSB Skatepark Committee members who worked very hard to get this grant! When combined with the amount of $125,000 the City of NSB has already set aside for this project we now have a total of $349,167 to make our dream become a reality! Our goal for phase 1 of this project is a 9,000 sq ft state of the art concrete skatepark. Currently the city is wrapping up some land surveys and working on a final site plan. We will post more info on the progress of this project as it becomes available. We hope to be skating our new park by this time next year!
11-07-04
Watch the NSB-Skate Presentation Video HERE. This gives an excellent overview of Central Florida's leading skateparks (as well as some bad ones). If you haven't been to a skatepark lately (or ever) then you may find this to be quite an eye opener.
11-06-04
On Friday November 5th the NSBSkate Committee had a very productive meeting with New Smyrna Beach & Edgewater city officials. In attendance were Frank Roberts (NSB City Manager), Liz Yancey (NSB Parks & Rec. Director), Liz Mcbride (Edgewater Asst. City Manager) and Jack Corder (Edgewater Parks & Rec. Director). The main topic of discussion was the availability of a piece of land located on the Edgewater/NSB border at the corner of 10th Street and US1. We presented a concept site plan showing that the proposed Skatepark layout does in fact fit and work quite well at that location. The property in question was recently acquired by Volusia County for the planned widening of 10th Street to the south. It was determined that the first step in acquiring this land would be to present our Skatepark concept to Volusia County officials and see if they are receptive to the idea. Everyone at Fridays meeting was in agreement that this would be an ideal location for the skatepark, we are hoping that Volusia County officials will feel the same way. This meeting is currently being scheduled, when the date is set we will post it here on the website. In the meantime we will be working on gathering facts such as monitary estimates for the park and compiling a list of possible corporate contributors to approach. The overall tone of our meeting was very positive and we are looking forward to working on what now looks to be a joint venture between the cities of NSB and Edgewater.
10-30-04
NSBSKATE is a group of citizens (skaters and parents of skaters) who have been working on this project for going on 2 years now. We have put a lot of time and energy into this project and will continue to do so until it becomes a reality. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE CURRENT NSB SKATEPARK. We have been waiting for over five months now on a definite location for the park to be decided on by the city. The ball is in their court so to speak. Unfortunately the recent hurricanes and damage to the city has not helped our cause.
GOOD NEWS: In the last couple weeks the city of Edgewater has expressed interest in going in on the park with NSB. They have a location in mind already centrally located between the two cities (we'll disclose this location when it's official). This could be good news and help speed things up if it happens. We have a private meeting setup with NSB and Edgewater city officials on Nov. 5th. We are looking forward to having everyone together in one room and making some decisions and developing a plan of attack for this project. The outcome of this meeting will be posted here ASAP... wish us luck.
We suggest you contact the Mayors, City Managers, City Commissioners or Recreation Departments of both cities and let them know your feelings and how much we need this park. THE CITY OF NSB IS ON OUR SIDE and they do see the need for the park. We believe it WILL eventually happen, how long it will take is the real question.
http://www.cityofnsb.com/contactus.htm - http://www.cityofedgewater.org/
6/19/04 - More News Journal coverage! Read the latest article here.
5/20/04 - Last nights City Commission meeting went very well. Our Skatepark Concept was unanimously approved! The location on Industrial Park Ave. was discussed in detail and looks as if this will be the place to make this park a reality. We hope to have a final decision on this soon pending investigation of possibly partnering with a neighboring city on this project. This meeting was a huge step forward for us and we look forward to moving ahead and working with the NSB city officials to make this dream come true.
5/14/04 -
NSBCity Commission Meeting 5/19/04.
The NSBSkate Committee will be making a presentation to the City Commission this Wednesday (5/19) at NSB City Hall (across the street from our current skatepark) at 4:30pm in the afternoon. This meeting is open to the public and we urge you to come show your support for this skatepark. For those of you who have been asking how you can help, THIS IS IT! We will be meeting at Clancy's Cantina later that evening (approx. 7pm) for Nichols Surf Shop's Video night in the back room. We will be showing our short skatepark video presentation for those who have not had a chance to see it. We look forward to seeing you there.
4/25/04 - NSBSKATE IN THE NEWS!
The Daytona Beach News Journal recently published an article about our efforts to build a new skatepark. If you missed it you can check it out HERE.
3/11/04 - The New Smyrna Beach Skatepark Committee presented it's skatepark concept to the Parks and Rec. Department on 3/10/04. Mike Duncan has taken on the position of our spokes person and did an excellent job of presenting our case and speaking on behalf of the committee. We also showed a short 10 minute movie which spot lighted 9 parks in our area, high lighting good and bad features. After a brief closing statemant and open discussion our project concept was unanimously approved by the board! We now have their seal of approval and cooperation in seeing this thing thru. The next step is presenting our park concept to the NSB City Commission, a meeting is currently being scheduled and we will post the date as soon as it is set. This is just the first step of many but after a year of hard work we are finally on our way to making this park a reality! THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us get the ball rolling.
2/8/04 - Pickup an informational flyer and show your support by signing our petition at the following local businesses:
The Echo Chamber
Nichols Surf Shop
Quiet Flight Surf Shop
Red Dog Surf Shop
Inlet Charlies Surf Shop
Sandy Point Progressive Sports (S. Daytona)
Informational Flyers also available at:
The NSB Surf Shack
The Beacon Restaurant
Clancy's Cantina
11/11/03 - The NSBSkate Committee had a very productive meeting on 11/10 with Frank Roberts - City Manager, and Liz Yancey - Parks & Rec Director. Here's what we covered:
1. Site: The site on Industrial Dr. is recognized as acceptible for a skatepark by the city and parks & rec. We discussed the possibility of receiving some fill dirt from another city property.
2. Dog park: It's recommended that we join forces with the "dog park" folks in asking the city commission for the park land.
3. Funding: We are going to prepare a FRDP grant application seeking grant money for our skatepark. Jim Frost is going to download the application and start writing it and we will then take our version to Tom Horowski for advice/proofreading.
4. City Commissioners: It was recommended we meet with them individually to discuss our skatepark ideas and needs. Susan is going to set up meeting w/ the 5 commissioners in early December and we'll take our information, including our research, brochures, ideas for the park, and info from Tim Payne to show them what we have in mind. Then Frank is going to schedule us into their January workshop (along w/ the "dog park" people) to get their approval for our concept and our site.
5. Brochures: Mike Duncan and Kelly Lynn have come up with an informative brochure and display that will be placed around town in various local businesses. These will be ready very soon, if you have a local business that would like one of these displays please contact us.
We also welcome Tom Wheeler, Rory Lundberg and Joe Armstrong to our group and thank them for their valuable input.
