Tacoma is on its way to becoming a more skateable city. Construction is underway to upgrade a skatepark in the city’s Eastside neighborhood where skaters will soon be able to drop in on a brand new bowl.
Parks Tacoma announced the upgrade Thursday for Stewart Heights Skatepark, 5715 Reginald Gutierrez Lane. Crews broke ground earlier this month on the 2,250-square-foot concrete bowl, and it’s expected to be completed by winter.
The project’s cost is $487,000, funded by a 2014 voter-approved bond and a grant from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. It’s being built by Grindline Skateparks, a Seattle company that has designed and constructed skateparks around the world. It also built Kandle Skatepark in the North End and designed and constructed Norpoint Skate Plaza in Northeast Tacoma…