More than 150 community members gathered Monday afternoon to generate support for the future Carpinteria Skate Park, skating, rollerblading, scootering, and walking down Carpinteria Avenue to the park’s future site.
The event, held on National Skate Day and hosted by the Carpinteria Skate Foundation, began at 2 p.m. and celebrated the project, which has reached approximately $890,000 of its $1.2 million fundraising goal necessary to break ground.
“It's been this long, arduous process of our community supporting us,” Foundation board member Julia Mayer explained of the endeavor, which has been nearly 20 years in the making.