We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
This designer's rendering shows an aerial view of the proposed skate park to be constructed this fall in Chinook. The 3000 square foot facility will be located on the old parking lot south of the Chinook City Pool in Sweet Park (corner of Pennsylvania Street and 9th Street West) and is expected to take three to four weeks to complete. The Chinook Lions Club is spearheading the project and is looking for matching cash and in-kind donations in order to get the skate park built this coming fall. (the arrow indicates the edge of the existing wading pool at the Chinook City Pool).
The Chinook Lions Club was notified that work could begin this fall on the new skate park. The skate park will be a totally new facility to be built at the southwest corner of 9th Street West and Pennsylvania Street-directly behind the Chinook City Pool on the old parking lot. Per a representative of Evergreen Skateparks, the pool builders, "The project is a little short on funding so construction cannot begin this summer as hoped."
The idea of a skate park in Chinook was first discussed at a regular Lions Club meeting in the fall of 2021. A number of young men and women had just joined the cl...
