​​We met our fundraising goal of $50,000

to be "eligible" for a matching federal grant ! Thank MWV!

Please understand this federal grant is not promised or a done deal .

We  still need donations from  our community.

Prices of dirt and building materials are sky rocketing .

Each year we are set back the more this skate park costs.

So please donation today, No amount is too small! 

This will be a State of the Art Skate Park, made of concrete,

skate at your own risk and FREE to the public. 

We have been grassroots Fundraising for over 7 years.

We are at approximately $ 291,996.50 raised out of our  $460,000

and are applying for a matching federal grant.

​​​Unfortunately our $100,000 anonymous donor reallocated those funds to a different project.

Meaning we need your help more than ever! Just one more obstacle for us to overcome as a community 

Update as of 9/23/2024

After such an amazing, beautiful event, at Thompson House Eatery ,

Our first Skateboarding competition  and Punks for a Cause.

We are heartbroken to update on where we stand with our project.

Just when we think there couldn’t possibly be more red tape for this project. We were sadly wrong.

We didn’t know any other way to explain it so I asked our contact for the Town of Conway.

This is their answer.

“The State of NH DOT representative Steve LaBonte had informed us of the State’s intent to convey

the land to the Town of Conway, however he reported that the State of NH cannot do that until the lawsuit filed is settled with the court. The lawsuit was filed by a private citizen with the intent of stopping the transfer of the property.

We are in a holding pattern on the property until the State of NH notifies us that they have prevailed in court

or it the lawsuit has been throw out by a judge.

The State of NH will not share any further information with us due to they are in litigation.

That is all the information I know and as soon as they share any further information,

you and your board will be the first to know that I promise.” -Town of Conway

I don’t think they know the love and courage that it takes to keep up this fight.

I don’t think they really understand the love I have for my Brother's memory,

And I want each and every person in MWV to know we will NEVER stop fighting for this skatepark!

Please don't give up standing strong with us, Please keep holding us up because we need you and YOU MATTER!!!!!!

#nevergiveup #skateparkproject #letsbuildaskatepark #mountwashingtonvalley #youmatter #endthestigma

Director of the Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park Caren Peare

 " More than a skate park. Here, you matter "

​​We have paid for our 1st stage in the design process with Pillar Designs   

We have been unanimously approved by the Conway select board

and our plans have been unanimously approved and recommended by the Conway Planning Board.

We are planning to stay on after the skate park is built to continue fundraising

to help with special design elements and maintenance costs.

" Keepers of the Skate Park"

We will continue to teach skateboarding 101 with the after school program

" Project Succeed"and on our own, with a concentration on safety.

More About Us

The Kevin Peare Memorial Skate Park was started in September of 2017 by Caren and Anna Peare. The skate park will be in memory of (Caren’s brother, Anna’s son) Kevin Peare, a Conway Native who passed away at the age of 31 in July of 2017. His love of skateboarding and teaching it to anyone who wanted to learn, spearheaded this project. It was his dream to have a skate park in his hometown of Conway and for there to be a safe place to practice the sport. After Kevin’s passing Caren set out to make his dream a reality. She immediately reached out to the Tony Hawk Foundation (now The Skate Project). Alec Beck the Director contacted her the very next day. Since then he has guided our group.  1st was to have a meeting with town officials to explain our project and asked them for help with site selection, which has been our biggest obstacle . This spring the land owned by the State of NH and taken for the by-pass was finally available for our project. ..PLEASE SEE UPDATE ...Since the beginning we told the Town that we would do all the fundraising . One of the suggestions from the  Tony Hawk  foundation was for the size of  the park be 10,000 sq ft, The Town of Conway cut the size to 7000 sq ft. unfortunately this is one of the reasons that made us un-eligible for the Tony Hawk foundation grant.  The Kevin Peare Memorial skate park board/ and committee has been raising funds to build a skate park . Now going into for almost 7 years. Holding family an community style fundraising events. These events are important so we can talk with the local community and educate them about our mission.​​

​​​Our strength lies not only in the words we stand by, but more importantly in the actions of our initiatives.

From the moment we started our work in 2017, we understood that by working together we could overcome any challenges.

Building a skate park has had a lot of those challenges, But we strive to make a positive change in our pursuit

to make the Mount Washington Valley a better place by giving the children a safe place to practice a sport they love.