Skate Park Becoming Closer to Reality

By Bob Feist

BCJ News

The Chinook Skatepark is expecting a date in September for groundbreaking, and project manager Jay Eslick is excited and nervous. "Evergreen Skateparks and Jeff Ament contacted me awhile ago, and said we are ready to go, but I said we don't have the money raised yet. They said don't worry about it, but I'm worried," said Eslick. Ament is a bassist for the rock group Pearl Jam and a Big Sandy native. He has helped fund many skateparks in Montana.

The skatepark was originally planned for the area where the old swimming pool was, but had to be moved because of conflicts with...