Holland's plans for new $300K skate park includes land swap with Hope College

Holland skateboard enthusiasts might soon have a new skate park to replace an outdated one at Lincoln Park. Hope College will contribute $250,000 toward construction of the skate park in a different area of the city in exchange for the Lincoln Park land.

According to excerpts from the story:

From the time ramps were installed at Holland’s Lincoln Park in 1997, Rob Amerine was there, always trying to learn new tricks with his skateboard.

“I pretty much grew up there,” he said. Now 23, Amerine is involved in efforts by the city to build a new skate park at Smallenburg Park that would replace the current one at Ninth Street and Columbia Avenue. City officials have approved a land swap that will transfer Lincoln to Hope College, with Lincoln’s skate park to be removed.

“The intent is to have a transition from the current skate park to a new skate park without any gap in service,” Assistant City Manager Greg Robinson said.

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