The word “Chelsea” stretches across one wall inside Concrete Chelsea Boardshop in oversized hand-painted letters, a fitting detail for a business that says it chose the city on purpose.
Concrete Chelsea recently held a ribbon-cutting and soft opening as Chelsea gets ready for its new skate park. For Christian Rose and his father, Fred Rose, that timing was part of the appeal.
Christian Rose, 19, said they had already grown fond of Chelsea through visits downtown for dinner and shopping. But the idea of opening here took on new life when they saw the skate park taking shape and realized the area did not have a dedicated skate shop.
“We just love the town, it’s been super nice,” Christian Rose said.
Rose said the family spent months wondering whether a Chelsea shop could work. The answer became clearer, he said, once they saw both the coming skate park and the chance to fix up a space that needed work…