How it started and where it’s at.
In 2016, Ruston, LA Skaters met and discussed a potential skatepark. Everyone was handed a piece of paper to draw their ideal park. All of these drawings were combined together. Finally, Hunger skateparks made these renderings of the park. The city of Ruston in 2017 purchased construction documents for the park. Ruston was then hit by a very destructive tornado which postponed the creation of the park. In 2020 we had a hurricane hit Ruston and the city is still feeling this is a result. Covid -19 brought many skaters out of the woodwork, contacting me about the standing of the park. This put me in full swing to approach the city to get this rolling again. I started a petition which I hoped to gather 200 signatures. In less than a month we had 2,500 signatures. We have formed Friends of Ruston Skatepark, a nonprofit organization, so that we can fundraise for the park. When we raise $250,000, the City of Ruston will pitch in the rest. The location is the abandoned city pool at Memorial Park on Georgia Ave. Please donate anything you can to make this dream a reality. Skaters need a safe place to skate!
Park Designs
Street and Park
The Skatepark of Ruston will have street sections and park sections. The park is designed to flow for beginners to advanced skaters. The skaters of Ruston had a design phase in 2016 and came up with ideal park scenarios. We took those drawing and gave them to Hunger Skateparks and they worked the plans you see above.
Build it.
It all began with an idea from Miguel Lasala and Brian Lottie. While Brian was a visiting artist at Louisiana Tech School of Design. Miguel and Brian met with Mayor Ronnie Walker to discuss a potential skatepark in Ruston, LA. The Mayor agreed that the project needed to happen. A location was soon declared at the abandoned city pool at Memorial Park on Alabama Street in Ruston. I took over the project in 2017. Currently the park is an eyesore with enormous potential. The park is only a few blocks from Ruston’s downtown area. It is also across the street from the Boys and Girls Club, and the Ruston Farmers Market.
Grow it.
This park will allow skaters a safe place to skate. When the park is built, it will provide a breeding ground for future skaters. Imagine how many kids will get to build a community at this place. This is of the main reasons the community and people in the nearby ares should support this project. Do it for the kids!
Concept renderings
by Kevin Singh’s CDAC class at Louisiana Tech University School of Design
Professor Kevin Singh’s CDAC architecture class at Louisiana Tech School of Design designed the bathroom and a shade structures for the park. The park will have public art murals, and sculpture. Designers include: Chelsea Johnson, Tony Kilbourn, Rocky Smith, Blake Thompson, Oriana Vega, and Chris Yanko.
Bathrooms and art house rendering from Professor Kevin Singh’s CDAC architecture class at Louisiana Tech School of Design
Proposed shade structure and deck by Professor Kevin Singh’s CDAC architecture class at Louisiana Tech School of Design