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A skate park for Liberty Park: help our neighbors in Melbourne

A community-led a skate park at Liberty Park that will serve 549 neighbors.

🇦🇺 Victoria, Australia1,689 views
Harold R. Ashworth
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Melbourne
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a skate park. This year a group of 14 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Liberty Park, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $3,200. It will serve about 549 people, including local farmers and market traders. We'll hold a build day in May and everyone is invited. We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos. Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered. Where the $3,200 goes: • Safety equipment and signage: $220 • Permits and inspections: $210 • Materials: $2,770 Thanks for being kind about this.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Harold

  1. We're at 27% thanks to 14 of you. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

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    “God bless. - Philadelphia”

  • Mei Kato 🇯🇵 · $200

    “All the best. I'm in Shinjuku, thinking of you. - Shinjuku”

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    “Thought of Harold all day after reading this. - Mumbai”

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    “God bless. I'm in Santa Rosa, thinking of you. - Santa Rosa”

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    “Get well soon. Hope the May deadline works out. - Madina”

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    “Praying for you. Thought of Harold all day after reading this. - São Paulo”

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    “Thinking of you. Been where you're, it gets better. - Alexandria”

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    “Wish I could do more. Been where you're, it gets better. - Philadelphia”

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    “Praying for you. From Lowell with love. - Lowell”

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    “Get well soon. Thought of Harold all day after reading this. - Contagem”

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  • Mathilda Theresa Keller

    thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. God bless.

    • Gabriela A. Vargas

      Hope it all works out, Harold. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. Blessings.

      • Donatella Donatella Vitali

        Keep going, Harold. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Fort Collins.

        • Omer Ahmed Jatoi

          sending good thoughts, Harold. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Melbourne.

          • Yasemin Elif Doğan

            Hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. After 28 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything

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