Kennedy Skate Park Improvements

The Kennedy Skate Park is a 35,000 square foot facility, located inside Yuma’s historic Kennedy Regional Park.  The existing modular skate park equipment has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be upgraded or replaced. Park improvements are budgeted in the City’s Capital Improvement Program.

The revitalization of Kennedy Skate Park is identified as one of City Council’s highest priorities in the City’s Strategic Plan.

This project is intended to redevelop the existing skate park into a more dynamic location.  The new park broadens the facility to service riders of skateboards, BMX bikes and scooters in one location.

The City is working with American Ramp Company (ARC) to create a Conceptual Design for Kennedy Skate Park.  ARC is an industry leader in skate park design, construction, and community engagement. 

The first phase of this project will engage the action sports enthusiasts and the community at large to identify key features and program capabilities of the new skate park.

Get Involved in the Process

Residents were invited to an open house to discuss the future of Kennedy Skate Park on Wednesday, November 10 at 6 PM in room 190 of City Hall, 1 City Plaza.

Items that were discussed included the history of the skate park, recent community engagement, trends in modern skate parks. Attendees also had the opportunity to share their ideas and vision for the future of the skate park. In addition to the open house an online survey tool was used to gather public input.

The City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department maintains one skateboarding facility and one hockey rink.

SKATEBOARDING & HOCKEY RINK LOCATIONS

These facilities are located at Kennedy Park at 23rd Street and Kennedy Lane, accessed from 24th Street.

Kennedy Skate Park has numerous features within its design. There are many first generation concrete structures that were opened in 2000 and numerous modular skate components that the City of Yuma received through a generous donation by the Destiny Church in 2010. Some of the original pieces include a concrete bowl, two bank pipes, half pipe, numerous grind rails and various transitional concrete structures. The added pieces from the donation consist of a large half pipe, four bank ramps and a center obstacle piece. On a daily basis year round, rain or shine, it is enjoyed by countless people and is a wonderful facility that compliments Kennedy Park’s other amenities such as the in-line hockey rink, sand volleyball courts, 50 meter swimming pool and giant slide, along with numerous ramadas and picnic areas.