Sun Peaks Skate Park is one step closer to reality, following a public consultation in May.
Having acquired land for the project last year, vice president of the Sun Peaks Skate Park Foundation Sonya Nasilowski said this next step was key in getting the ball rolling.
“We’ve been a grassroots initiative,” Nasilowski said. “The public consultation is a really necessary part for grants and to make sure that everybody feels included.”
While no final decisions were made during the public consultation, it offered an opportunity for folks in the community who contributed to fundraising to brainstorm ideas for what the skate park could be.
“We are a world-class resort,” Nasilowski said. “We need to stand up to that. Hopefully, we’ll have features that will allow competitions in the future. We’re keeping the Olympics in mind.”
A project this big comes with its own challenges. Funds, grants and land were the biggest.
“We’re still in the middle of the process,” Nasilowski said. “It’s taken a lot of time to get enough funds. Also, getting the land was a very long process. It’s quite complex. We just got the land last year and that’s pretty big for us.”
The next step in the project is getting the design for the park. After that, the ideas and brainstorming from the public consultation session will help contribute to applications for grants. Currently, the design team is working on concepts.
“There are factors that come into design,” Nasilowski said. “The land is a big part of it. Lucky for us, the land is in great shape. There was supposed to be a previous project there that never happened.”
Construction on the Sun Peaks Skate Park is expected to break ground in summer 2026.
“We’re getting closer and closer.”
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