The Public Skatepark Development Guide is a free, non-commercial resource for advocates and planners seeking information about public skateparks. If you’re working on a public skatepark project — or interested in starting one — you’re in the right place.

All public skateparks launch and finish with community engagement. From the first conversation all the way to the grand opening, and beyond, every public skatepark is made by, and for, the volunteers that are present and ready to get it done. For years after it opens, the park serves the community and is the place where powerful changes happen. 

Practically all public skateparks we see today are the result of sustained, volunteer-led advocacy and fundraising campaigns. The Public Skatepark Development Guide is a resource for those volunteers. We know that your community has what it takes to produce a public skatepark, and we expect that, after it’s built, your community will enjoy the benefits of that facility for decades.

The material provided on this site is the collected advice and instruction provided by skatepark advocates from all types of community projects and details various aspects of skatepark function, development, and operations.