Minneapolis as the 'City of Skate'?

Stumbled upon this great article today at www.minnpost.com about Minneapolis taking steps to not just build a great skatepark, but to change the future of skateparks.  Sounds like they are on the right path...maybe soon it will be time to pack up and move to the "City of Skate".

Minneapolis taking first steps into the future of skateboard parks

Over the last 50 years, skateboarding has gotten a bad rep. I can easily conjure the cliché: grumpy building managers or weary parking-lot attendants shaking their fists at hoodie-wearing teenagers on skateboards disappearing into the alley, the eternal struggle for vacant space.

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