The skateboard park proposed for the youth centre grounds has gotten big air in the form of a $100,000 cheque.
It's been three years since the park committee began fundraising for the facility, and with the recent help of the Rotary Club, any doubts of its feasibility has been wiped away.
With the preload on the site, the park is expected to be completed by mid-summer.
"It's taken a long time because it's a big project, it's over half a million dollars," said committee member and Sea to Sky Community Services employee Kathy Daniels.
The skateboard park committee is linked with Sea to Sky Community Services to facilitate fundraising, but that caused a problem when it came to applying for gaming funds because government agencies are not eligible. So the Rotary Club's Bill McNeney stepped in to help the cause.
"Bill McNeney was doing a lot of the work for the skate park and brought it to the club and at that time we were looking for a big capital project. So the club was asked if they would apply on [Sea to Sky] Community Services' behalf and so that's what we did," said Rotary Club President Sheri Davis.
The municipality donated the grounds to the cause, and the park's location provides a convenient place to go if an injury or rowdy behaviour occurs, said Mayor Ian Sutherland.
Well-known skateboard park designer John Barnum spent hours consulting with local teens to collaborate on the best design for the facility to ensure that it would meet their standards.
And next week, the committee will be ready to take contractors' bids to start building by Mid-May."We wanted it to be a real world-class skate park," said Daniels.
