B.Woody
30 May 2015
· 30 May 2015 6:20 AM
I'm a Canberra local that will be moving to a small town called Gunning later this year. I did a bit of digging around and found that they have a couple of sketchy ramps built from MDF (Potty, I'll email you the pics and address for the database). The Upper Lachlan Shire Council are looking to build a new facility in either Gunning or nearby Crookwell to replace it. I found a Facebook page run by a young local that appears to have got the ball rolling so I reached out to them to find out what the situation is. From what I've been told if the community can raise $6,000 of their own funds then the council will give them an $80,000 grant to build a new park. This place is probably going to be my new local and it's only a short drive from Canberra so it could be a good opportunity to get something fun built out there. I will be contacting the council to get more information but I wanted to post this here to see if anyone knows more about it? Does anybody else have an idea of what could be built with an 80k budget? Anything would be an improvement on what they've got already (see photo below) but I've seen so many small towns end up with bad parks because they choose pre-fab and/or hire inexperienced builders. I'll keep this thread updated with any details but if you know more or want to chime in with anything then please do!The existing Facebook page is here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crookwell-wants-a-skatepark/767364299957421?fref=ts