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June 4th 2008 00:26
THE fate of Cranbourne’s iconic skate boarding venue, The Shed, will soon be decided by Casey council.
Recent closed door briefings at the civic centre have debated the future of the region’s only indoor skate facility, which shut late last year, and local thrill seekers have renewed calls for a revamp and reopening.
It may not be all smooth skating, however, with a number of other community groups, including BATS Theatre Company, expected to challenge for some of the available space.
BATS’ rehearsal centre, The Factory, is attached to The Shed and has three large rehearsal rooms and four practice rooms for dance, music and theatre.
Casey skaters want The Shed, which operated for 14 years before shutting down in December, to reopen bigger and better, and not relinquish space to The Factory.
Narre Warren mother of three Tracy Clark said The Shed should be revamped into a world class skate park.
“The Factory has taken space off The Shed before, it’s time council put some money into the skate park,” she said.
“My children loved it and they have had nowhere to skate since December.”
Councillor Wayne Smith, who was a representative of the Cranbourne Shire Council when The Shed first opened, said he supported the push to reopen The Shed as a skate park but recognised the possibility of The Factory, or other arts groups, acquiring a small part of The Shed’s current space.
“I’m keen to see it stay on as a skate park,” he said.
“But there is a possibility that parts of the space could be used by other groups.”
Cr Lorraine Wreford said the facility needed to be refurbished and reopened as soon as possible.
“The Shed needs to be brought into the 21st century for the skaters and bikers of Casey,” she said.
“We need to investigate other skate facilities, both nationally and overseas and come up with something world class.”
Cr Wreford said the possibility of the complex being used for anything other than skating, biking and rollerblading was not in the best interests of the community.
“I’m willing to fight tooth and nail to ensure The Shed remains an indoor skate park,” she said.
“With the soon-to-open Cranbourne Aquatic and Leisure Centre and the existing basketball stadium nearby, this precinct has the potential to be very popular with young people.”
Cr Steve Beardon said Casey skaters had been left in the dark since The Shed shut.
“We’ve got the opportunity to revitalise The Shed, install new ramps and rails and make it one of the best skate parks in Victoria.”
“The existing infrastructure is already there and Casey’s youth population want it back,” Cr Beardon said.
At Tuesday night’s Casey Council meeting, Cr Smith presented an item of urgent business which would invite members and groups of the city's arts community to be consulted before the future of The Shed was decided.
Cr Beardon said he pushed to have the motion amended to also include local skate groups in the process.
“The motion was passed, and arts and skate groups will now be invited to have their say on The Shed,” he said.
“It will be hard for skaters to voice an opinion, however, because unlike theatre and dance groups, there is no one body that skateboarders belong to. I’m still confident The Shed will remain a fully-fledged skate park,” Cr Beardon said.
Give us a place to skate.
Recent closed door briefings at the civic centre have debated the future of the region’s only indoor skate facility, which shut late last year, and local thrill seekers have renewed calls for a revamp and reopening.
It may not be all smooth skating, however, with a number of other community groups, including BATS Theatre Company, expected to challenge for some of the available space.
BATS’ rehearsal centre, The Factory, is attached to The Shed and has three large rehearsal rooms and four practice rooms for dance, music and theatre.
Casey skaters want The Shed, which operated for 14 years before shutting down in December, to reopen bigger and better, and not relinquish space to The Factory.
Narre Warren mother of three Tracy Clark said The Shed should be revamped into a world class skate park.
“The Factory has taken space off The Shed before, it’s time council put some money into the skate park,” she said.
“My children loved it and they have had nowhere to skate since December.”
Councillor Wayne Smith, who was a representative of the Cranbourne Shire Council when The Shed first opened, said he supported the push to reopen The Shed as a skate park but recognised the possibility of The Factory, or other arts groups, acquiring a small part of The Shed’s current space.
“I’m keen to see it stay on as a skate park,” he said.
“But there is a possibility that parts of the space could be used by other groups.”
Cr Lorraine Wreford said the facility needed to be refurbished and reopened as soon as possible.
“The Shed needs to be brought into the 21st century for the skaters and bikers of Casey,” she said.
“We need to investigate other skate facilities, both nationally and overseas and come up with something world class.”
Cr Wreford said the possibility of the complex being used for anything other than skating, biking and rollerblading was not in the best interests of the community.
“I’m willing to fight tooth and nail to ensure The Shed remains an indoor skate park,” she said.
“With the soon-to-open Cranbourne Aquatic and Leisure Centre and the existing basketball stadium nearby, this precinct has the potential to be very popular with young people.”
Cr Steve Beardon said Casey skaters had been left in the dark since The Shed shut.
“We’ve got the opportunity to revitalise The Shed, install new ramps and rails and make it one of the best skate parks in Victoria.”
“The existing infrastructure is already there and Casey’s youth population want it back,” Cr Beardon said.
At Tuesday night’s Casey Council meeting, Cr Smith presented an item of urgent business which would invite members and groups of the city's arts community to be consulted before the future of The Shed was decided.
Cr Beardon said he pushed to have the motion amended to also include local skate groups in the process.
“The motion was passed, and arts and skate groups will now be invited to have their say on The Shed,” he said.
“It will be hard for skaters to voice an opinion, however, because unlike theatre and dance groups, there is no one body that skateboarders belong to. I’m still confident The Shed will remain a fully-fledged skate park,” Cr Beardon said.
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Comment by Jesse
peace.
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the shed was fun.
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Comment by ex shed workers
or find some one who has lot of money to fund it.
Comment by Troy
"Plans are underway to return the Shed to a first class indoor skating venue. Preliminary design has commenced with regards to an upgrade to the entrance/amenities area while a brief to seek a design response to the indoor ramps is due to be released soon. This process will involve considerable consultation with the youth of Casey to ensure the final result reflects their needs.
I understand your frustration at the delays in this process however there have been a number of issues to resolve with regards to the project."
Comment by Dylan Eldridge
cheers
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Comment by Troy
All existing ramps etc will be demolished. Final plan will go up for public viewing in early May. Construction to start next financial year.
Public consultation meeting was held 2 weeks ago, was advertised in the local papers and on casey council website and I might add has VERY low attendance.
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OPEN THE SHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Troy
Plans for the new shed were finalized Monday night.
Less complaining and more speaking to council does wonders. Very easy to be a keyboard warrior, but you need to act on it.
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I believe that it was a huge loss for The Shed to be closed as the youth in the community loved being there and it was better than hanging on the street.
There were many reasons surrounding the closure of The Shed.
I beleive that the crime will mulitiply if you don't re-open The Shed Skatepark.
I still see the kids/ youth that use to go to The Shed and they ask me when is the Shed going to open????...I tell them I dont know I tell them to do a petition and take it to the council. These kids have nowhere to go and use there energy anymore that has been taken away from them...so now they will commit a crime....I think that the council will be making a huge mistake if they do not re-open The Shed.
The Casey Council will not and are not very popular in the community..not that they care about what the community think they do the complete opposite!!!!!! Just like the traffic lights proposal for Hallam Ormond Rds it took 5 young teenagers lives cos they didnt listen to the commuinty!!!!!! I think it's time the Casey Council listened to the OUR community!!!!!
Comment by Troy
Rather than sit online and whinge, you should maybe have gotten active, attended the planning meetings, spoke with the planning and stayed in touch with council.
Maybe check skateboard.com.au where actual skaters discuss these sorts of issues. Then maybe you would see this actually now has progressed considerably, designs have been finalized, council have been meeting to arrange management to run it.
It's great to spend 3 minutes to jump online and flame away, but get involved instead of a random whinge every now and then and things happen.
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I have then also posted updates when available to this very thread since Feb this year.
So instead of asking people that 'were' involved, speak to council. You will actually find them very helpful if approached with the correct attitude.
Comment by Anonymous
I am happy that the Shed is re-opening but i think that the community was left a bit in the lurch...some people dont have the internet....etc..im not making excuses this is what i see and what the community sees.....
Comment by Troy
The below link will lists detailed images of the overall design that was decided upon.
The design meetings had a cgood cross section of both BMX and skaters. All were extremely impresses with this final design.
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is it true?
Comment by dylan
i have look on websites but there is no information to state that this is true or not. could someone please tell me?
cheers dylan.
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Comment by Brokstr
If they don't open the shed again, I bet a protest or something will start again, and besides, theres lots of places to dance outside, skaters and all that can't do the full trick thing, there's some laws with skating on footpaths and streets and such. PLEASE OPEN IT UP CASEY!
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If they don't open the shed again, I bet a protest or something will start again, and besides, theres lots of places to dance outside, skaters and all that can't do the full trick thing, there's some laws with skating on footpaths and streets and such. PLEASE OPEN IT UP CASEY!
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Comment by Troy from the Shed
re opens in november, construction is coming along very well.
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