Skateboard Park Early Supporters
Although the Rotary Skate Park isn't officially open right now, the purpose of this article is to outline the community and Rotary's support for a skate park dating back to 2005-2006. An article in the Everett Herald, Sunday, December 9, 2007 references the building of a skate park in Lake Stevens involved three unlikely candidates. Further, it commented that none of these individuals were hardly typical skateboarders. Only one of them had kids. The threesome are very involved in the community: Tonya Christoffersen, manager of the Lake Stevens Sewer District, Tracy DeLorm, a dentist and Julie Ubert a supervisor for the Lake Stevens Police Department. The article confirms that the women were among several others who started working on the campaign to bring the skate park to Lake Stevens more than a year ago (at the time this would have been in 2006). The three women did their research, traveling to skate parks in nearby cities to see how parks have been built and talking to skateboarders. The three women made a presentation to the City Council, the Lake Stevens School Board, the Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Merchants Association to round up support.
The campaign did get a push start from skateboarders who went to the City Council nearly two years previously (2005) and made a pitch. Afterward, Randy Celori, then Chief of Police asked several people to serve on a research committee that included the women. Tonya Christoffersen and Tracy DeLorm were logical candidates because of their work with the Rotary Club of Lake Stevens. Many community members were involved during the research committees assessment of the need and desire to have a skate park in Lake Stevens. We are excited to see the completion of the Rotary Skate Park and are thankful to the City and County for being supportive of a collaborative agreement to build the park with state, county and local funding.