Laramie Skatepark Pipe Dream

Josh Kaffer is organizing this fundraiser.

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Skate Pipe Project

The Friends of Laramie Skatepark has been offered the gift of a large steel drainage pipe. In collaboration with the amazing business owners at AAA recycling, Custom Fabrication and Loveday Crane Service, we now have a plan and materials to fix, move, place, and secure the pipe at LSP. We need funding for the materials to proceed with public and council approval to begin ground work and bring this exciting new element to the skatepark.

Our estimated cost on the finishing materials is $3000. This includes concrete, rebar, form wood, and equipment rentals, where not donated.

Tax deductible donation checks should be made out (memo: skatepark) and mailed to:

Friends of Community Recreation

PO Box 1755

Laramie Wy 82073

Be sure to include a return address so we can send you a reciept for tax purposes.

Design and Placement

The pipe is 23.5 ft long and has a diameter of nearly 14 ft. It is currently crushed down 3 ft feet on one end. Colter Floy at Custom Fabrication has developed a plan and offered to donate labor to correct and secure these issues before transportation.

Our dream is to place the pipe at the northeastern corner of the skatepark between the shallow section deck and the large tree. The pipe will be seated into the hill in a bed of road base topped with sand to ensure drainage away from the steel. The interior of the pipe will drain Northwest with it's lowest point three ft below the park deck,. The pipe will be secured between 4 posts of 6x6 square tubing at the corners, each sunken 4ft below ground and embedded in a 2' diameter concrete footing. The tops of the tubing will be welded to a cross beam that will in turn support a lateral 6x6 tube bolted across the top of the pipe. The side facing the tree will have a concrete retaining wall which will help minimize sound.

Timing

With the approval of the Laramie City Council, and with guidance from the Parks and Rec department, the Friends of LSP volunteer crew is ready to begin the groundwork needed.

Chip at AAA recycling, is donating the pipe and the 6x6 square tubing and has arranged for a low trailer, loading and transportation of the pipe to the skatepark.

Randy at Loveday Crane Service has volunteered his crane and his time to place the pipe.

With great appreciation for the in-kind donations offered, and excitement to see this wonderful element made safe and accessible to our athletes, we hope to place it as soon as possible.

After approval and the initial call before you dig assessment, we should be able to complete the site work within 6 weeks pending funding of material costs.

Material Costs

Our hope is that the Parks crew could provide: Fill dirt, Road base and Sand, as well as equipment and operator time to help volunteers cut sod, dig footings and place vertical posts.

Our estimated cost on all materials is $3000. This includes concrete, rebar, form wood, and equipment rentals, where not donated.

Future

The addition of this pipe fits nicely into the expansion plan for the skatepark. While it will be a stand alone element once placed, it's placement also means it will be easily incorporate into expansion plans.

Background

Friends of Community Recreation's subcommittee "Friend's of the Laramie Skate Park" has been working for the past 3 years to improve the park community and infrastructure. In addition to formally adopting the park, we host monthly learn to skate sessions, volunteer for maintenance days, worked closely with Parks and Rec to develop a successful plan to manage graffiti, take down the fence and add new elements to encourage more athletes to use this great park.

Last summer we worked with Dreamland Skateparks to come up with a park expansion design. This grand plan addresses the main shortcomings of the original design, making the park a safer, more inclusive park that meets the needs of a wider variety of local athletes and even attracts a few travelers.

Adapting to Wyoming's budget issues and working closely with the Parks department, we have broken the grand plan into more attainable phases that have already yielded a high return. This May, Parks took down most of the 6ft fence around the park, opening the park to many more visitors and spectators, helping the athletes feel both safe and welcome. In June, Our volunteers constructed 9 small elements from the expansion plan, giving beginners a starting point and advanced riders new challenges.

Thanks so much for your time and consideration!