A HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT! What a great day! The park was extremely busy all day with people skateboarding, scootering (is that how you say it?!), and enjoying the beautiful day! On June 1st 2024, we had our Skate Park Grand Opening event. Local supporting organizations came out including Clinton Rural Fire, all four members of the Clinton Community Council, James Thomasson from the Clinton School Board of Trustees, Missoula County Commissioner Josh Slotnick, Girls On Shred, Blackfoot Communications, and more!

What a great success! Twelve total kids from Clinton Elementary School were able to participate in three days of skateboarding basics. Over the three days every single student dramatically improved. Each one getting one on one time throughout the two hour sessions by the instructors, Randy and Thane! Day one! Something like half of the students had never been on a skateboard until the first day of the Skate Camp.

RSVP/Share On Facebook! It’s official, June 1st will be our Grand Opening! While the Skate Park has been open since the concrete was finished, we weren’t able to schedule a Grand Opening event until June 1st. So come down and enjoy some time skating! Maybe grab a bite to eat, and maybe meet a special guest! Come on down, Saturday, June 1st, 11AM! Food Trucks Speakers Community Booths “Race Around the Track” skating event Ribbon cutting And of course, free skating!

The ASP skate camp will be run with Missoula City Parks and Recreation department, and available only to currently enrolled Clinton Elementary students in 2nd-8th grade. The Skate Camp will be offered for two three day sessions of about 13 students in March, on the 6th-8th and the 13th-15th with afternoon times matching the Clinton ASP times. The Skate Camp is being offered as a program outside of ASP, and is being funded through donations/sponsorship secured by the efforts of the Clinton Community Park Working Group (Thank you Jane!

While we’ve been very quiet on social media and the web site here, the Park Working Group has been busy over winter! Today it is lazily snowing outside as I write this. The Park Working Group has been keeping regular monthly meetings with Missoula County PTOL all winter, and we’re all excited for Spring and Summer! Starting a recreation program from scratch isn’t easy. While this year we only have the Skatepark itself we want to get the wheels rolling, both figuratively and literally.

Randy, Donna, Jackson, and Mike finished the last bits of laying out some erosion control mats on top of the hydroseed next to the park in the last couple of days. We’ve put the degradable fiber-and-straw mat down to help the hydroseed take in the spring, and to help keep it from being damaged while retrieving the inevitable errant skateboards, razer scooters and the like.

Our 2023 Community Fair held on July 16th was a success! We had approximately 300 attendees that came out to check out our vendors, several different outreach organizations, live music, lawn games, and food! THANK YOU TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND VISITORS THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE!

Today we managed to complete booking of sound, and three live acts for the Clinton Community Fair (2023!) on July 16th! – We’ll have Outlaws and Lawmen, The Mighty Travis (Travis Yost), and Tom Catmull playing for us!