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City Heights Youth Will Have Their Skate Park

By Megan Burks / Education Reporter
Published July 1, 2014 at 3:00 PM PDT
This story was published more than 10 years ago.
Jorge Robles shows off his skateboarding skills in front of Cherokee Point Elementary School before joining a rally for a formal skatepark in City Heights, Dec. 19, 2012.
Phuc Nguyen, Mid-City CAN Youth Council
Jorge Robles shows off his skateboarding skills in front of Cherokee Point Elementary School before joining a rally for a formal skatepark in City Heights, Dec. 19, 2012.

San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald announced Tuesday the city has received a grant to build skate parks in City Heights and Linda Vista. The nearly $4.5 million comes from the state Department of Housing and Community Development and will sustain both skate parks through design and construction phases, Emerald said.

City Heights youth have long called for a place to skateboard, framing a sophisticated and persistent campaign around citywide discussions about inequities in park space and street infrastructure.

"Our youth have been working towards getting a skate park in City Heights for quite some time. I would like to thank them for spearheading this effort because without them this would not be possible," Emerald said in a press release.

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The parks will be added to existing public parks — the Linda Vista Community Park and Park De La Cruz.

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Megan Burks
Megan Burks is the education reporter at KPBS. She reports on teaching and learning from infancy into adulthood, the achievement gap, and school governance. Before tackling the education beat, Megan helped launch Speak City Heights, a media collaborative covering community health in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. As Speak City Heights reporter for KPBS and Voice of San Diego, Megan's work pushed reform in the San Diego Police Department and taxi industry. She was awarded the San Diego County Taxpayers Association's 2015 Media Watchdog Award for her look at dangerous housing conditions for low-income tenants. Megan has also been recognized by the San Diego Human Relations Commission and Society of Professional Journalists San Diego Pro Chapter for bringing underrepresented voices to radio and television. Megan was born and raised in El Cajon, and graduated from San Diego State University, where she studied journalism and sociology. Her thesis looked at the media’s effects on attitudes toward immigrants. She interned with San Diego CityBeat and KPBS’ Envision San Diego.
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