This is where you find out about everything that's happening at B.A.R.C.
Location: 10500 SW 228TH rD.
Welcome to BARC!
Check out the B.A.R.C BMX cycling track-
Try Club BARC -- Late-ish night fun for teens and tweens
Looking for a disc Golf course?The course and when to play
Skate Park - Prices Slashed! New Membership Options Available
Design drawings for a proposed outdoor Skate Park
thank you for coming to the Burton Throwdown --
We are $2,500 closer to making the dream real! And, a good time was had by all...
(as in...Kids need healthy stuff to do on this wee isle) Money raised from this event will go a long way toward making this BMX skills track, skate park, and Disc golf course Real. Every dollar goes for $2 with a matching grant from the Lucky Seven Foundation. (see below)
We still have to raise another $875 by March 2011 to get the $5,000 match from Lucky Seven Foudation. And, you can donate to BARC right now.
Come to Club BARC, monthly on intermittent Saturdays,
6-10PM
Deejay, Dancing, Games, Food, Just $5 suggested donation
Lucky Seven Challenge Grant
Doubles Your Contributions
The Lucky Seven Foundation has awarded B.A.R.C. a $5,000 match grant. That means we'll get the $5,000 if we manage to acquire contributions that match it dollar for dollar. So, every dollar you give to B.A.R.C. right now is worth $2.
We are seeking other grants to make the B.A.R.C. dream a reality, and all those granting groups want to see what they call 'community support' for the project. That means either volunteering to help or contributing money to the B.A.R.C. capital development fund.
You can do that (contribute dollars) by clicking here to donate $10.
Click here to donate $25
Click here to donate $50
And, thank you!
All About B.A.R.C.
B.A.R.C. is one of the Park District's most unique properties, and it's improving all the time. With the help of a team of volunteer stewards. We at VPD hope to turn B.A.R.C. into "THE" alternative park for all. The Master Plan tells most of the story; though it's evolving with input from the community. Click here to download a PDF copy of the Master Plan -- caution: it's a big file and will take some time to download.
You too can help create Vashon's most unique alternative park. Join the B.A.R.C. stewards. Just email VPD Commissioner LuAnn Branch or Program Coordinator Susan McCabe to join the group.
We've been working with Jim Gerlach, a Vashon resident and landscape designer, to develop preliminary planting, trail and skate park plans for B.A.R.C. Park stewards have provided input for the three major anchor points of the park -- the skate park, BMX track and frisbee golf course. Park Commissioners have approved the design, final plans are currently being used to seek funding that will implement the Master Plan. Click here to see Jim's initial Skate Park layout. Click here to see Jim's preliminary planting plan associated with the B.A.R.C. layout.
With help from King County, we've obtained funding for engineering designs for a skate park. Click here to see the results. This is the design created by Grindline, Inc. (one of the nation's premiere skate park designers) for the B.A.R.C. Skate Park. You'll note sections are highlighted from 'base bid' through 'add. alt. 3.' These indicate stages in which we can fund and build the skate park. STAY TUNED FOR MORE!
Vashon Indoor Skate Park-- Now it costs less to Burn Energy! Have Fun!
Image art by Flynn & Remi Joffray for the Skate Park wall
The Skate Park is supervised fun for inline skaters and boarders alike. Get a membership and save on your weekly indoor play. Call Steve at 463-9999 for more information.
Buy a Skate Park membership for one...or for your whole family.
Summer Hours --the Park opens at 12:30PM
Back to School Hours start September 7
Skate from 2:30-5:30PM Wednesday through Friday; 11:30AM-5:30PM Saturday & Sunday
PARENTS, buy your skater a weekly, monthly or quarterly pass so they can skate or board all they want without needing cash in their pockets. Reduced fees are available. Simply apply at the Park District offices in Ober Park.
A weekly pass at $10 pays for itself in 3 sessions; after that you're skating free
A monthly pass at $24 pays for itself in 8 sessions
A quarterly pass at $60 pays for itself in 20 sessions.
Purchase passes at the Skate Park too.
Summer Skate sessions NOW $3/member & $6/non-member
12:30-5:30P Wednesday Thru Sunday--- until September 7.
And NOW -- Family Memberships available at $15/family of 2; $18/family of 3 and $20/family of 4 or more. Membership means half-price session fees.
To view and print the PDF member registration form click here
The Skate Park can be rented for parties during off hours with two weeks advance notice. Call Steve Schrock at 463-9999 during regular Skate Park hours, or call the Park District at 463-9602.
Helmets are COOL, required and available for use at the Skate Park. Bring your own board.
Disc Golf Course-Open Dawn to Dusk
The popularity of Frisbee Golf, also called Disc Golf, continues to grow nationwide. Players on the West Coast are especially active, and Vashon-Maury Island has its own group of Frisbee Golf enthusiasts. In fact, B.A.R.C. has had a Frisbee Golf course almost as long as it's had a skate park.
To view the map of our current course, click here. Our course was created by Vashon Island resident and disc golf expert, Bryan Forsythe. B.A.R.C. volunteer stewards are overseeing design and fund-raising for improvements to the course.
The existing Frisbee golf course has been cleared of invasive plants. The removal of these plants and subsequent re-planting of native plants will be sculpted to create a series of labyrinths that will approximate the fairways of a regular golf course. The plantings will create an aesthetically sculpted system of native plants that will in turn create obstacles desired by the Frisbee golfers. The actual paths for the fairways will be either returned to grass or will be provided with a type of surface that will be sanctioned by the doctrines of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
BMX Trails -- Thank you, Windermere!
B.A.R.C. rudimentary BMX track got a lot of help June 18 from Windermere Realty staff volunteers, Landscape architect, Jim Gerlach, and local artisan, Jim Farrell. Jim Gerlach has developed designs that include the BMX track as part of the overall park plan....and this new jump launched that plan.
It started with measuring
Local artist, Jim Farrell, made the corner turn just right
Designer Jim Gerlach, and Realtor, Cheryl Dalton muscle in the finishing touch...a large rock to jump.
The finished product -- 'Tis a thing of Beauty!
BMXers! Come on out and give it a try!
Early in the process of the Master Plan the park stewards recognized that the fledgling BMX-style track could be a great asset to the park if certain parameters were met. The bike skills course will be built to meet applicable safety, signage, and design standards as recommended by the BBTC who have developed a similar park in Seattle with great success and city support. For the scope of this plan it will initially include the existing course and a new pump track area of approximately 40'x30'. The existing course will be brought up to standard. BARC will be a place for all levels of bike riders to practice their skills without having to be on the street.