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Purpose <br />Statement <br />The Youth Initiatives <br />Committee has developed and <br />adopted the following Purpose <br />Statement: <br /> <br />To unite various segments of the <br />community to develop and <br />promote positive resources and <br />opportunities with and for youth. <br /> <br />Leasing the Prairie <br />House <br />The City will not be leasing the <br />Prairie House. The same concept is <br />being reviewed for placement at the <br />old liquor store facility. We are <br />currently going through the <br />Conditional Use Permit process and <br />hope to have something open this <br />summer. <br /> <br />A large part of the concept is to <br />have youth involvement in the <br />planning and running of the facility. <br />Anyone interested in this type of <br />role should call Community <br />Recreation at 241-3523 and ask for <br />Michele Bergh or Jeff Asfahl. <br /> <br />April/May, 1998 Volume 8 <br /> <br />lmt at ves <br /> <br />What's Happening? <br /> <br />Several action steps were determined at the last <br />meeting to be completed before our next meeting. <br /> <br />* Get youth involved in the Young Artists Unite <br /> committee. <br />· Seek assistance in building ramps for the skate <br /> park. <br />· Get youth involved in planning and running the <br /> facility for youth being planned for the old liquor <br /> store. <br />· Continue building support of our efforts with the <br /> community. <br /> <br />Young Artists Unite <br /> <br />Student involvement is still needed in the 2001 Arts <br />Alliance. One project is the Arts Festival of June 1999, a <br />week long event. Students are needed to serve on the <br />student committee as well as the mixed-age committees <br />such as marketing, artist resources, location, etc. The large <br />group meets the 3rd Thursday of each month. Sub- <br />committees have individual meeting schedules. Contact <br />Annette Watz or call the Arts Hotline 441-9555. <br /> <br />Elk River Skateboarders, Inc. <br />The insurance carrier for the City has made some changes recently regarding .their coverage of skate <br />parks. This will make it much easier to get sornething up and going. The City is interested in getting <br />a skate park open this summer near the City Maintenance Building. They would be paving the site <br />and the Elk River Skateboarders would be building ramps that meet specifications set up by the City <br />and its' insurance carrier. <br /> <br />The Elk River Skateboarders, Inc. continue to struggle with involvement from area youth and their <br />parents. We are looking for youth and their parents to become involved in the organization to help <br />build ramps and work with the skate park once it is open. Anyone interested in helping should <br />contact Michele Bergh at 441-8870 for more information. <br /> <br /> <br />