Location
Tigard Civic Center Parking Lot, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, Oregon
Open Hours
Open Daily Dawn to Dusk
Jim Griffith Memorial Skate Park
After a five-year, grassroots effort to get a skate park off the ground, the Jim Griffith
Memorial Skate Park was officially opened in October 2007. Skate park supporters of all
ages, along with Tigard Mayor Craig Dirksen and Skate Park Chairperson Rich Carlson,
were present to open this Dreamland constructed park. Park components include 2 bowls,
a rotating volcano top, and street features.
The skate park construction cost about $370,000. The task force raised $65,000
in cash and in-kind contributions and the City was awarded $150,000 in Oregon Park and
Recreation Department matching funds for the park project. The City of Tigard picked
up the remaining balance with park system development charge funds.
In 2001, members of Mayor Jim Griffith's Youth Forum proposed the construction of a
skate park in Tigard, and the Skate Park Task Force was formed. The conceptual
design of a 15,000-square foot, concrete, in-ground skate park was created in
2002, and, in 2003, a portion of the current Tigard Civic Center parking lot
was identified as the future site of the skate park facility.
Mayor Jim Griffith was a strong advocate for Tigard youth and the skate park
project. Following his death in the fall of 2003, the Skate Park Task Force
requested the park be named in his honor.
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Oregon Trifecta 2008
Links
Tigard Skate Park Creators
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