The Skatepark Project

The Skatepark Project, formerly the Tony Hawk Foundation, is a skateboarding organization that helps communities build public skate parks for youth in underserved communities.[1][2][3]

Organization history

Founded in 2002 as the Tony Hawk Foundation, The Skatepark Project has built over 600 skateparks worldwide.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

In 2020, the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to The Skatepark Project to better describe the organization's mission.[5]

References
  1. "The Skatepark Project". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  2. News, Eyewitness (2020-08-07). "Total 180: Jersey City park transformed by Tony Hawk funded skate park". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. Ihaza, Jeff (2018-04-07). "Skateboarders Won". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. Harper, Colin. "For the Tony Hawk Foundation, Bitcoin Is Radical". bitcoinmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  5. "The Tony Hawk Foundation Is Now THE SKATEPARK PROJECT". Transworld SKATEboarding. 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  6. "Tony Hawk Foundation Grant Awarded to Jamestown Community for New Skateboard Park". City of Jamestown, New York. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  7. document.write; (2018-12-07). "$2-Million For Skateparks In Michigan And New York". Tony Hawk Foundation. Retrieved 2020-08-31.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. "Springville receives $300,000 matching grant to build skate park". wgrz.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  9. "Lockport receives Tony Hawk Foundation grant for Railyard Skatepark project". WKBW. 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
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