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| | The State | 12/19/2006 | New skate park up in air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | They’re asking the city to pitch in $300,000 to build a $568,000, 16,000-square-foot park at Owens Field in the Rosewood community in south Columbia. |
 | | The new park would have a portion shaped like a curvy swimming pool that transitions into a street plaza design, which would mimic an urban landscape with stairs, handrails, ledges and benches. |
 | | While the city no longer keeps track of how many skateboarders use the park, an estimated 200 were using it a couple of years ago on a typical day of good weather, said Allison Baker, assistant city manager who oversees the park. |
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