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PUEBLO—On Monday, June 26 Pueblo City Council approved the $45,000 allocation of ARPA dollars to improve concrete skateboard park amenities at J.J. Raigoza Park, Moynihan Park and Sergeant Blake Harris Skateboard Park located at Pueblo City Park.

“This skateboard park project is an opportunity to engage youth in the Pueblo community to learn trade skills and take pride in the skateboard parks they use in their own neighborhoods,” said Director of Pueblo Parks and Recreation Steven Meier. “We are looking forward to seeing the new amenities in each of the parks.”

The City of Pueblo Parks and Recreation Department plans to recruit young people who are interested in learning practical trade skills and apply them to job skills, teamwork and building confidence through graffiti removal, making concrete molds, form building and updating skate parks with QR codes. Learned skills include drawing, concrete design, geometry, physics and skating. Youth involved at each park can learn how to skate during the project even if they have never skated previously or can learn to improve their skills.

The projects will teach youth and involve them in the building of different features to completion. Moynihan Park proposed update features include quarter pipes and fun box, J.J. Raigoza Park proposed feature includes a three-sided pyramid and the proposed feature at Sergeant Black Harris Skateboard Park is a concrete mini half pipe.

Construction is anticipated to begin this fall. Each project is anticipated to be completed within four weeks from start to finish with an anticipated completion date for all three skateboard parks next spring.

The City of Pueblo received two rounds of allocations of ARPA funds, totaling $36.4 million dollars to be obligated by Dec. 31, 2024, and expended by Dec. 31, 2026.

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