Day 02 05/11

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 Today we started our renovations to the AEMS Skatepark. Ben met us at the skatepark around 9:00 and we grabbed tools from Maintenance to get the skatepark looking new. We raked the debris and leaves off of the ground and watched Malcolm and Ben shred the park. Then we noticed extra pollen and dirt that should never be on the cement for clean skating. Billy and I grabbed the push brooms and got to work on clearing all of the dirt off of the park. With Machine Gun Kelly in the background, we got some serious work done. Next,  we took our measurements of the ramps for our cementing project and figured out the type of cement we should use for the scene. Finally, on the cleaned skate park, we watched some local skaters test her out for us!


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