West Kelowna celebrates new Skatepark with kick-off community event

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, May 27, 2022

Check out the kickflips and shredding at the West Kelowna Skateboard Park Jam from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 28, as the City teams up with the skateboarding community to celebrate the new Skatepark.

West Kelowna Recreation and Culture and event sponsors invite skateboarders and skateboard enthusiasts of all ages to the free celebration at Memorial Park, at 3737 Old Okanagan Highway, where they can listen to live DJ music, check out demos and take part in competitions. No pre-registration required. Food trucks will be on site for anyone wishing to purchase eats and drinks.

Background

City of West Kelowna City and Westbank First Nation Councils and representatives from the Okanagan Regional Library held a socially distanced official ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Skatepark Sept. 22, 2021, with hopes that a community event could follow in the spring, if COVID-19 protocols eased.

After most pandemic-related Provincial Health Orders ended, on April 8, 2022, West Kelowna Recreation and Culture staff began working alongside the skateboarding community to coordinate a public event to celebrate the new Skatepark.

To learn more about the City’s design, community consultation and construction initiatives to create a new Skatepark for our community, go to www.OurWK.ca/skatepark.