Middle Park has a lot of nice qualities there now. Parents want it in a neighborhood where they can go, not a thirty-minute drive to a facility. He does not feel any more skaters are needed on the bike trail. There is already too much in Middle Park. The schools are going north and that is the direction development is going, so why not place the skate park out north.
Middle Park is a centralized location.
It is close to schools, to a place to eat, and to the recreation trail. She had concerns that the kids later on may not have the interest they have now. Tom Bales from Davenport stated that he is a consultant in the industry. Municipalities are building ninety percent of skate parks. The facilities can be called wheel parks and can include bikes, in-line hockey, and winter time use with hockey.