If you're a Columbia skateboarder, I want you to know how proud I am of you.  Our new skate park, which officially opened last week, is a fantastic testament to the drive and passion of local skaters.  Since the demolition of the previous (and from what I'm told, inferior) Owens Field skate park, local skaters and their friends and allies have worked tirelessly to get the funding and support to convince the City of Columbia to build a new park. 

Pour It Now, the nonprofit organization formed to advocate for the park, won a grant from the Tony Hawk Foundation and raised additional money partly through an art show at the Columbia Museum of Art. They gathered support in the neighboring community and won city employees and council members over to their cause. 

If you'd like to know a little more about Pour It Now's efforts and how well they've paid off, the Free Times had a great in-depth cover article last week.  Read all about the design process and what it took to convince the city government that a skate park was worth paying for!

Here in the Periodicals Department, we subscribe to Transworld Skateboarding for your reading pleasure.  Get product reviews, learn some tips on tricks, and read about the luminaries of the skating world.  Like all our magazines that may have a lot of appeal for teenagers, we get two copies of Transworld Skateboarding - one copy stays up on the second floor, so you can count on it being here.  The other copy checks out, so you can take it home!