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(Lower Tennis Courts at Davis Park) 

Last night, well, late last night, we were sitting on The Front Porch, and some of kid’s friends were talking about the Belmont Skatepark that was discussed more than a couple of years ago. Yes, in the 77 degree, 11:30 PM nighttime heat.

Anyway, the teens were asking about what happened. We explained to them that the city council had approved a bond referendum to designate funds for the skatepark construction. One young man, said, “in my lifetime?”, “yes” was the response. The original location was supposed to be the lower tennis courts at Davis Park, who knows now what the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will do…

$115,000 of the proposed $12 million dollar Parks and Recreation Bond package will be directed to this project. Not in time for one of the best skaters in Belmont though, Phillip Nguyen.

The space is a great place to put a park such as this. We hope that it will be dedicated to Phillip.

We asked for help, and we got it.

This is exactly what we mean by community. Several people who read the Belmont Front Porch responded to our request to help with imbedding links. The solution was simple, and resulted in a whack upside the head for all of us. Thanks especially to The Gaston Spectator  for their help.

Our editors, while savy business people, outstanding social hosts, and intelligent individuals, are just not “technical” enough to figure out on our own how to imbed the link functions while writing the posts.

Any fellow bloggers out there — feel free to comment with the specific directions about imbedding links. Our articles will be shorter and easier to view, and as you surf/click-through, you will be able to cover more territory.

You can also send an email to belmontfrontporch@yahoo.com

Thank you for your help !