Wenatchee BMX Dirt Jumping Park

This Project is on hold ( stalled ) and seems to be a flop.
If anyone in the area wants to step up and push for any of this?
Please e-mail ideas to Gene`s BMX. The information as listed,
is out of date and is listed for bmx archives. -- geneb Nov. 2005

** No Interest From BMXers Or People So NO Dirt Jumps At Pioneer Park.** Wenatchee, Washington -- May 24, 2002 Photo by Gene`s BMX - Area of Pioneer Park that was to be the new BMX Dirt Jumps Park And is a NO go now...lack of interest by BMXers! Wenatchee Parks & Recreation Caryl Morrell - The Parks Director, Said today that the bmx dirt jumps at Pioneer Park are put on hold. Nothing is going to be dune with making the bmx dirt jumps at this time. It seems that no one in the Wenatchee area wants to step up and do anything to get the dirt jumps up and going. The Parks & Recreation board has talked about BMXers with no interest about having the bmx jumps at Pioneer Park in some of there meetings and there is no input from anyone. So its a NO go now for the Wenatchee BMX Dirt Jumps Park. Less a group of people get together and do something. It is just sad that a hand full of BMXers in the area got the park land/space for the bmx jumps and then no one does anything with the space, Nothing like a wast of time to the City of Wenatchee. Less just hope that when something else is asked for by BMXers in the area that the City Parks helps out and they don`t look at this as an example of the BMXers in the Wenatchee area. If a Group forms up and wants to get something going? Call The Wenatchee Parks & Recreation Caryl Morrell The Parks Director, 509-664-3394

	April 19th, 2002 In ther July 2002 coppy of RideBMX Magazine A small news clip about the bike park( Page 136 ) NORTHWEST NEWS Riders in Wenatchee, Washington are working on a bike park for themselves, too-Good Luck.

Photo by Don Seabrook, Stephen Maher Wenatchee World staff writer.
Derek P.,15 Wenatchee,rides his bike at the skatepark at Pioneer Park in
Wenatchee Friday as a rollerblader struggles up an incline. - Derek said he
and his friends had petitioned the Park Board about trying to get a separate
track for bikes at the park. Hes happy to hear of plans to build BMX jumps.
There is noticeable tension between the bicycles & skateboarders at the park.

A corner of Pioneer Park may soon resemble a relief map of the Cascades. Earlier this week, the city Parks Board preliminarily approved the installation of BMX bike dirt jumps in a spot adacent to the Apple Bowl. If final approval is granted,the city will move tons of dirt to the site, either this fall or next spring.BMX riders and others will then shape the earth into mounds and depressions,stretching 200 to 300 feet long. Once completed,riders of the specialized single-grar bikes will travel up and over the piles,catch air and perform aerobatic moves. Parks Director Chuck Largent said the project grew out of conflicts at the Wenatchee Skatepark at pioneer Park.Skateboarders and BMX riders were using the skatepark, which ist larg enough for both groups, and he worried a serious injury would ensue.A meeting this summer led to the idea for the BMX dirt track. "It`s fairly simple," Largent said. "It`s basically dirt. "Largent said the only city cost will be moving dirt from a large stockpile at the Wenatchee Cemetery, He said users will be responsible for maintaining the mounds. If completed,the BMX park will be the only public facility of its kind in the Greater Wenatchee Area, according to enthusiasts. In the 1980s, BMX jumps where located at the old Lewis and Clark Park.But those closed in 1988 after the Wenatchee School District took over the park. Gene`s BMX, who helped raise money for the skate park and has had a hand in building the old BMX jumps, said numerous BMX riders have been using the skate park. Gene`s BMX said they range in age from about 13 to 27. Gene`s BMX said BMX racing and jump riding is a growing activity and is considered an "extreme sport." Racers and other competitions have been featured on ESPN2 and MTV. "I see this as a way of solving conflicts between the skateboards and bikes." said Gene`s BMX, a BMX racer. "There is no place ( now ) for a BMX bike to be."

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B.R.O. BMX Riders Organization News Clip Via B.R.O. BMX Riders Organization - 10/10/2001 Wenatchee Washington Gets Permission For Public Dirt Jumps From Geneb. Check out Gene`s BMX Page On October 9th 2001 at a City of Wenatchee Parks Board meeting, the Parks board said YES to a BMX Dirt Jumping Park. Problems between the skateboarders and the bmx bike riders at the skateboard park have been flaming up for some time now. The City of Wenatchee Parks Board helped ease the tension by giving some space in the same park to the bmx bike riders to build dirt jumps. Keywords:- Washington WA BRO-WASH Public Skate Parks

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City Of Wenatchee Parks Board Meeting 5:30pm Tuesday October 9th, 2001 Parks & Recreation Conference Room Agenda: 1. 2002 budget issues 2. Presentation by BMX bike riders and supporters 3. Street tree expansion projects *Note the change in time! This is to accommodate thos presenting regarding the BMX bike riders. *Also, members are invited to attend a meeting this Friday October 12th, 2001 at 10:00am in the parks Conference Room regarding the possibility of a Farmers Market facility being established at Locomotive Park. A consultant will be on Hand to discuss with City staff , Farmer`s Market growers, and others. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00pm Tuesday October 9th, 2001 Going with the Agenda leaving out 1. & 3. and looking at 2. 2. Presentation by BMX bike riders and supporters| *Note the change in time! This is to accommodate thos presenting regarding the BMX bike riders. Opening statement: As of 1997 Wenatchee got a Skate Park At Pioneer Park. In the last few weeks or so, a lot of bmx bikes have been riding there. And lots of problems between the skateboarders and the bmx bike riders. A few young people have been getting kicked out of the skateboard park by law officials for riding the bmx bikes there, So a few city park officials looked in to this matter and have been asking the bmx bikers questions. "Where would you like to ride your bmx bikes to get the bmx bikes out of the skateboard park?" Answers Back Are: "Some dirt jumps would be nice and just a place for us the bmx riders to hang out and have fun." In the meeting a few photos where passed around and a video tape was played to show what bmx dirt jumping is and looks like. Note: that the photos and video tape was Not of or in Wenatchee Wa. And the video tape was made by young teens. The Photos and video tape where taken at Green Lake , Seattle Washington of some dirt piles " jumps' at the Green lake Park. It showed a few bmx bike riders jumping the dirt piles and the grounds where they where riding on "looked nice". A lot of People Ohhing and Ahhing at the meeting as they watched the video tape. The area that the bmx bikes riders are looking at is at Pioneer Park Just north west about 300 feet from the skateboard park at Pioneer Park. Photos Of The Area Asked At Pioneer Park. Photos by Gene`s BMX

A few questions from the City officials: What about safety ? What happens if someone gets hurt? City Parks Official Chuck Largent stated that it would be just like the skateboard park."Use the Park at your own risk Safety helments and equipment RECOMMENDED at all times." The issue of security that was brought up. Are the police are going to help out with this? Talking all at once, it was answered that the police and security are already in the area of the skateboard park. So that should not be a problem .Some lighting will be add to make the area safer for all. This was voted on Tuesday October 9th, 2001 at the 6:30pm at the Wenatchee Parks Board Meeting And was passed as a YES "Let the bmx bikes have dirt jumps" by City of Wenatchee Parks & Recreation Board. For more information call Wenatchee Parks & Recreation at: 509-664-3392

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