Franklin Skate Park at Jim Warren Park
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Jim wrote that was hoping to find pictures of the Franklin Skate Park in Jim Warren Park -- off Boyd Mill Ave. & Downs Blvd. next to the Williamson County License Branch.
So here goes... the first photos of the Franklin Skate Park under construction!
The park's official name is:
Jim Warren Skate Plaza
A skateboard park such as this was first talked about as early as 2004.
The final plans for this skate park were finally approved November, 2005.
Here are some skateboarders who are definitely keeping an eye on the park's progress.
To view the skate park development and construction plans, go here.
According to Lisa Clayton, Director of Franklin City Parks Department:
Once at the web site, click on 'log in' in the upper right corner and type 'franklin' for User Name: and 'plaza' for Password: to access the Franklin Skate Park page.
Today was the first day I actually saw construction activity at the future site of the Jim Warren Skate Plaza.
For about a week prior to this, there had only been a sign indicating that IKON Construction planned to build on this site:
Within days after that sign going up, the area had been surveyed and plotted out with various construction markers.
The point: Things appear to be happening fairly quickly on this park.
In fact, they planned to begin construction in April and hoped to wrap up construction by the end of the year. So, it looks like things might be moving a tad quicker than expected. (Now, how rare is that in the building & construction world?!?)
IKON Construction Inc. won the bid for construction of the Skate Park in an amount not to exceed $272,541.70.
A second phase to the Skate Plaza includes building an 11-foot-deep kidney shaped bowl that will cost an additional $103,501.27 for a total project cost of $375,907.80.
Other Skate Parks Nearby
- xxxSports Skatepark - Nashville, Tennessee (...more here)
- 6th Avenue Skate Park - Nashville, Tennessee (...more here and here)
- Two Rivers Skate Park/Metro Skatepark - Nashville, Tennessee (...more here)
Word is, Franklin's skate park strives to be different from both, the Two Rivers Skate Park and the future Spring Hill Skate Park.
These skateboarders are keeping tabs on the progress of Spring Hill's skate park.
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when dose the skate park open again
I live in franklin and I love the skatepark but i think there should be more added on like a quarter pipe would be nice
i went there and i cant wait to skate
Here's a great audio slideshow of some skateboarders at the Jim Warren Skate Park.
...and the accompanying newspaper article.
--> Oh, and don't miss Brent's official rules for the skate park!
Everyone is loving this park. The concrete is smooth and almost perfect. The pool has zero notable kinks. Everyone says it feels huge. Those who've skated the Encinitas Y say Site Design and Cal Skateparks did a good job copying the Encinitas kidney. The steel coping sticks out and up just enough, there are speed lines everywhere, and the mellow transitions make airs and grinds feel easy even though this monster's 11 or 11.5 feet deep. The shallow six foot skates pretty good as a mini on its own. As for handrails, steps and hubba ledges, since the park is basically a mirror image on either side there are no "frontside" and "backside" problems (or excuses). The Jim Warren Skate Plaza is a huge success. Thanks are due to the City of Franklin, especially the Parks Department and Lisa Clayton. Xiao kang!
Check out all the photos from today's opening day at the Franklin Skate Park that Thomas Brent Andrews posted over at Chronic Discontent!
Don't forget... NEXT Saturday is the big day.
--> September 16, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
Here's the scoop!
NEW skatepark construction pictures available now at http://chronicdiscontent.wordpress.com
Brent -
Great CLOSE UP photos!
Thanks for sharing.
UPDATE: To make it easy to find the Franklin Skate Park photos on Brent's site, they're archived here:
May 16, 2006
May 23, 2006
June 3, 2006
June 12, 2006
June 27, 2006
More construction progress photos posted on my blog: http://chronicdiscontent.wordpress.com
they streetsection is done but they need to work on the bowl they havent worked on it in almost a week!
You can also gain access to information regarding the Skate Park by going to our website at http://www.ikonconstruction.com and look in the news section on the home page.