New Skatepark in South Jersey
Located behind the Hilton Doubletree in Cherry Hill’s Cooper River Park lies the latest addition to Camden County’s Park System: a brand new skatepark, officially opened via a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 18, 2024. According to the Courier-Post, it was a collaboration with the skateboarding community in Camden County.
Commissioner Jeffrey Nash, liaison to the Camden County Park system, credited Marla Rosenthal and her son Lyle, as “integral” to completing the project. “We didn’t know how to build a skateboard park. Marla (Rosenthal) and her son Lyle came to us to build one, but said, ‘We did not know how to build one. We need the community to help us build a skateboard park.’” He noted the role the skateboarding community played. “The skateboarding community here in Camden County has been a huge help in bringing this project to fruition and we cannot wait to welcome them to use the Camden County Park System’s newest amenity.”
The skatepark, which cost $900,000 to build, is one of several improvements to the county’s parks recently announced, including a $775,000 dog park in Cooper River Park; $2.5 million to the park’s playground off North Park Drive in Pennsauken; $1.3 million in upgrades two playgrounds in Collingswood; and “a $1.8 million inclusive playground in New Brooklyn Park, Winslow” which opened on December 20th. The new skatepark will be open to all ages daily until 10pm.
Source: Nick Butler, Cherry Hill’s New Skatepark: Where to find Camden County’s latest recreational site, Courier-Post, December 24, 2024.
