Hello,

My name is Josh Charow and I am a 15 year old skateboarder in Summit. Every weekend for the past few years my friends and I go skateboarding, a lot of the time in Summit with the same outcome. Pedestrians will call the police or people will yell at us for even just riding our boards. To be honest we are all tired of it and the last time a police officer stopped us I asked him where we can skate and his reply was "where you do not get caught". I really do not like to think of ourselves as "Criminals" the way the police make us feel, we just are some kids who are doing something fun and positive to keep us on track. This is why Summit needs a skatepark.We can not drive to chatham or Livingston, and they are too far to skateboard/ bike to. Recently the town of Colonia in Woodbridge township built a skatepark, and 175,000 dollars has just been approved to build a new one in Maplewood. Now we have thought out thoroughly logistics and a great spot for one would be behind the train station where there was a fire at a car dealership a few years back. It seems like it is just being cleaned up. Another location would be in memorial field or in the park behind the train station. There is a facebook page with over 400 likes but now it is time to make this official. You must be 18 and over for your signature to count. This park will start a whole new era for summit and a whole new community will arise. The skatepark will be a great environment for anyone from little kids to teenagers to even some adults that still have the passion for skateboarding. Help make this happen and sign the petition. :]