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The Project

CREATE AN INCLUSIVE INDOOR SKATEPARK IN WINNIPEG

TIMELINE

WINTER 2023

WHAT WE'RE DOING

RAISING AWARENESS ON THE NEED FOR AN INDOOR SKATEBOARDING FACILITY


RAISING CAPITAL THROUGH FUNDRAISING EVENTS


ACTIVELY WORKING ON SECURING A SPACE


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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)Winnipeg Councillors

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Lease
  • Utilities
  • Material costs for construction of obstacles

  • Minimum of 7000 square feet
  • Accessible by transit
  • Central location
  • Heated
  • Relatively smooth concrete floor
  • Washrooms
  • Open floor plan or able to tear down walls/dividers easily
  • Ceiling height of at least 14 feet

The Manitoba Skateboarding Coalition is aiming to partner with the City of Winnipeg to create a large indoor all wheels facility in the future

  • Facility to accommodate all skill levels
  • Progression opportunities for the Olympics 
  • 10 Year timeline

  • The City of Winnipeg has over 15 outdoor skateparks
  • Skateboarding in Winnipeg is growing in active participants year over year
  • There is a considerable lack of programming and access for skateboarding in Winnipeg during our long winters 
  • There are numerous recreational projects currently underway in Winnipeg, none of them include skateboarding facilities

  • The Edge indoor skatepark located at 333 King Street Winnipeg is a private facility
  • In October 2022 YFC had restricted the park to only youth aged 12-17 for a total of four hours per week
  • Parts of the skateboarding community have reached out to offer volunteer staffing in order to operate the park for Winter 2022/2023, YFC has declined the offer
  • Youth For Christ has received millions in government public funding over the past 11 years
  • YFC is a non-profit organization that has long history for discriminatory policies against 2SLGBTQIA+ people which goes against Manitoba's Human Rights Code
  • YFC are signatories of the Winnipeg Indigenous Accord, and have made other promises to the indigenous community, yet fail to align their policies and practices for all to feel safe and included in their facility