EVERETT — The Everett City Council approved a $360,000 budget for an upcoming skate area on Wednesday, set to be built in south Everett’s Lions Park.
The 2,000-square-foot ‘skate dot’ will create a skate area inside the existing park, including a small half pipe, small quarter pipe, grinding curb and a dedicated meandering skate sidewalk. Snohomish County provided an $80,000 grant toward the project, and the city will foot the rest of the bill through capital improvement dollars.
Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin announced the new facility at her State of the City address in March. The city had received feedback from neighborhood groups, nonprofits and the police department asking for skate infrastructure there, a previous council memo read.
The county’s grant to the city had a deadline of Dec. 31, but the City Council voted in June to push that deadline back to 2026, citing procurement delays and design challenges.
The council is also considering an ordinance to improve lighting in Lion’s Park, funded by a separate county grant and American Rescue Plan Act dollars. The council is set to vote on that at its Aug. 27 meeting.
The city is expected to complete a design for the skate feature by the fall. It plans to open the ‘skate dot’ in summer 2026.
Everett currently has two skate parks in the city, one at Wiggums Hollow Park in northeast Everett and another at Walter E. Hall Park on Casino Road.
Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; william.geschke@heraldnet.com; X: @willgeschke.
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