Tony Hawk Skate Park

The Tony Hawk Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 2002 by skateboarding legend himself Tony Hawk. The goal of the foundation is to find and develop places to practice skateboarding. What sets the foundation apart is that it also focuses on giving opportunities to children from disadvantaged families.

Akron, Ohio

Information about the city

Akron is a city in the state of Ohio in the United States, and is the seat of Summit County.The city of Akron is known as it is the birthplace of Lebron James. The city is located between Cleveland in the north and Canton in the south, about 100 km west of the border with Pennsylvania.

Population demographics

Overall population : 217,074

Sex Ratio: Female 113,404 = 52.2%

Male 103,670 = 47.8%

The median age in Akron is 36.9 years, 35.1 years for males, and 38.7 years for females.

Racial composition:

White:67,2%
Black or African American: 28,5%
Two or more races: 2,1%
Asian: 1,5%
Other race: 0,4%
Vietnamese: 0.2%
Other Asian : 0,5%

Medium household income

The average household income in Cincinnati is $38,739 in 2019 with a poverty rate of 23.5%.

Per capita income for Cincinnati is $24,688.

The median rental costs in recent years comes to $830 per month.

The median house value is $96,742

“To-date, almost 600 recipients of grants from The Skate park Project have opened their skate parks. These parks receive more than 6-million visits annually by youth who benefit from the active lifestyle and camaraderie the facilities promote.”

Skate parks within the area

Name/Distance (from Akron):

Stonerwater Skate Park / 11,6 miles

Stow Rotary Skatepark / 11,1 miles

Reagan Skate Park / 21,2

For the feasibility of the project, I estimate that the whole project should cost $ 30,000