Palouse skate park targets 2017 wrap

The Palouse skate park, known as Tony Kettel Skate Gardens, may be finished this summer.

Organizers hope the park with an accompanying garden area will be finished by mid to late summer, lead volunteer Aaron Flansburg reported to Palouse City Council Feb. 28.

He told the council the skate park committee has brought in $51,000 since February 2016. That includes a $15,000 grant from the Tony Hawk Foundation.

Hired labor mixed with volunteer work designed and poured the concrete skate bowls in September 2015. Last year, volunteers continued work on the project.

A committee has formed a partnershi...