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Concrete Dreams: Skatepark Documentary - The Truth & Triumph of Building a Skatepark From Scratch

littlecabinfilms2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2024 to 2025
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2K views · 4 years ago · Documentary

50 minute documentary following Paulina Jimenez, a Villa Park, Illinois mom and artist, as she pushes village board meetings and fundraising to get a public skatepark built. Uses the Tony Hawk Public Skatepark Development Guide.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked when skaters ask how to push a city to approve and fund a park. Commenters also point to it as the story behind the Villa Park skatepark.

“There was a documentary made about the approval process and making it happen. It’s interesting.”

u/BigBigMonkeyMan

What skaters said on Reddit

u/BigBigMonkeyMan2024 · 2 points

There was a documentary made about the approval process and making it happen. It’s interesting. It may be of interest Villa Park Skatepark Documentary [VIDEO]

u/ecartmenez1712025 · 1 points

I love this park! The concrete is buttery. There’s a pretty sweet documentary on YouTube about how this park was made. Totally worth a watch. [VIDEO]

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