Benjamin Soto skate park users at Civic Meeting.

Benjamin Soto skate park users at the South Beach Civic Association Meeting March 23, 2011. The Meeting went well.

NYC Parks Department told the South Beach Civic that they will open the park by spring. And they plan to work with the South Beach Civic to remodel the Benjamin Soto skate park in the fall.

Steve Quigley became a member of the South Beach Civic Association tonight.

Steve Said ”Even after the skate park gets fixed I am still going to come to these meetings ”

It amazes me that a ramp in the woods led to the Benjamin Soto skate park being built in 2005. Then 6 years later hundreds of riders and skaters going to civic meetings and Community Board meetings to save their skate park.

It hit me tonight that they are the future voters and politicians.

It reminds me of this report I heard on NPR.

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=134738530&m=134738513

Here are the photos