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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The Marquette Community has taken another step in a positive direction with the near completion of a skate park plaza

Friday, September 07, 2012  Marquette's new skate park construction is rolling, and crews expect to get the project wrapped up in two weeks

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The skate park in Marquette held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to begin construction

Tuesday, October 18, 2011  The new park is expected to be much bigger, offer more obstacles, and be more accessible

Sunday, October 09, 2011  Hundreds of people dined on hors d'oeuvers and sipped on wine at the 2nd Annual Marquette Food and Wine Fest

Wednesday, September 14, 2011  The Marquette City Commission leased a parcel of land next to the YMCA for the skate park to be built

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  Things are looking up for the proposed skate plaza in Marquette; in the last two weeks, they've gotten even closer to their goal of $150,000

Friday, April 22, 2011  It's your Facebook story of the day.  You wanted to know:  What is the status of the skate park in Marquette on Pine Street and Fair Avenue?

Friday, April 22, 2011 

Tuesday, April 19, 2011  Jesse Lindlbauer, a freshmen at L'Anse Junior-Senior High School, and a few of his friends got together and decided they needed to build a skate park because there was nowhere in L'Anse to skateboard

Monday, March 09, 2009  The Marquette City Commission agreed to designate the southwest corner of the Lakeview Arena property as the future location.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009  Marquette City Commission reversed its decison on making Harlow Park the location for the new skate park.