Image

St. Clair to fund half of new $200k skate park

August 13, 2021

Alex Kurial/Local Journalism Initiative

St. Clair is on board to fund a new skate park in Corunna.

Nicki Krohn of the Corunna Skateboard Park Committee made the pitch to council last month. She presented plans for a 7,200 square foot facility in the Corunna Athletic Park equipped with stairs, rails, ramps, a half pipe and a pump track.

Krohn asked if the township would consider covering half the park’s $200,000 price tag. After receiving reports from staff and the skateboard committee, council approved $100,000 from the 2022 capital budget toward the project.

“This is exactly the type of proposal I was hoping to see,” says Mayor Steve Arnold.

“I didn’t want to see any big domes like we have down in Port Lambton and I sure didn’t want to see any depressions like they have up in Sarnia. Because both those things cause issues for people.”

Skateboarding equipment will cost $100,000 while the pump track will be another $44,500.

The remaining $55,500 will go toward various other equipment and necessary items. The skateboard committee has already raised $20,000 of their share.

The new park will be located in the northeast corner of the park by the Hill and Queen Street intersection. Work is planned to start next year.

The old skate park in the southwest corner of the park is slated to become more of a purely skate area.

Share This

Image
Front Page

Petrolia native hopes to win UFC contract

July 4, 2025

The Independent Cody Chovancek will be part of Dana White’s UFC Contender Series this season. The Petrolia native who trains with the Niagara Top Team in St. Catharines is 8-0 as a pro in the bantamweight division. His latest bout was a unanimous decision against American Jordan Howard defending his Unified MMA title in Toronto in May. He originally won

Read More

Image
Front Page

Cattlemen, conservation authority reach agreement for pasture

July 4, 2025

Heather Wright/The Independent The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority and local cattlemen have reached an agreement for 187 acres of land to create a community pasture. About 30 members of the Lambton Cattlemens’ Association expressed an interest in the idea of a large pasture area managed by an association with a feed per head of cattle. There are 11 community

Read More

Image
Front Page

Sarnia senior dies in 402 crash

July 4, 2025

An 87 year-old from Sarnia has died in an accident on Highway 402 near London. West Region OPP say around 12:30 pm Friday, an SUV going westbound between Col. Talbot Road and Wonderland Road crossed over the centre media, struck a minivan and then hit a transport, landing in a ditch. Police say three people in the minivan were taken

Read More

Image
Front Page

Dresden “the canary in the coal mine” says Stiles

July 4, 2025

Ontario’s NDP promising to put pressure on Ford government to repeal Bill 5 The Independent NDP Leader says Dresden is the canary in the coalmine – a warning to other Ontario communities about what will happen because of Bill 5. Marit Stiles was in Dresden July 3 for a rally against the Dresden Dump. The province introduced and passed Bill

Read More