Insane - Rally for Rocker 9 - 2024
The Rally for Rocker demonstrates the incredible community present in Tahoe. We think we have the best event on snow. Huge props to Taylor Carlton for the Rally vision. It’s a legacy we’re proud to be a part of.
IMMENSE GRATITUDE TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS!
To Our Diggers!
We knew there was weather coming in and put the call out for help on Monday through Wednesday for the dig, and people showed up. Thank you. Incredible what 40+ people and Bluey’s can do.
A lot more than just digging goes into planning for the Rally for Rocker, without timing the event wouldn’t work. We can’t thank Auburn Ski Club and our dedicated volunteers enough for helping with the timing on race day. There’s no chance that we could pull off a race that has over 500+ competitors without timing. To those who helped shuttle all of our infrastructure, again, we can’t thank you enough. It quite simply wouldn’t be possible without all of the help all week long getting all of the infrastructure up on top of Donner Summit. Not to mention all the support from our registration team, you ladies rock! Thank you thank you thank you.
Local Truckee HS students from the Gone Boarding Program not only helped create all of the custom first place awards, but also helped with digging, and as parking attendants on race day. We’re proud to be supporters of this program and have donated $2,000 from the Rally for class materials & scholarships.
Skatepark Status
No one could’ve imagined how much legwork would be involved in trying to get this skate park permitted in Truckee. We’ve done it. We can build it. Thousands of volunteer hours have been put into the effort. We have an agreement with the Park District on paper, we’ve been approved by the town of Truckee, all of the land use entitlements & maintenance have been arranged with the property owner TDPUD and TDRPD.
The Rally for Rocker raised roughly $25,000 this year, an incredible achievement. This money will be deposited into the park district account that we have set up to track our fundraising process. We currently have over $230,000 in Park District accounts, and $40,000 in CharitySmith. It’s cost over $200,000 to get through the permit process over the last 6 years. Unfortunately, due to the fragmented nature of all of the public agencies in Truckee, it’s extremely unlikely that any public agency will fund Skate park construction directly. It’s up to us to raise the money to build this skate park.
The full estimate for the skate park, including all of the civil improvements, such as curb, gutter sidewalk, wetland mitigation and the parking lot, totals over $2.1 million.
We need an angel, corporate sponsor, or an organization that understands this generational opportunity to step up and help us get this done. We’re constantly applying for grants and attempting to reach out to all of the local community foundations for support.
VOLUNTEER WITH ROCKER!
This work isn’t glamorous. It’s tedious and extremely time-consuming. If you have any experience in grant writing or large capital improvement fundraising and are interested in helping us get over the finish line please reach out. We would love to have your help. We need help staffing events too, if you want to be involved, we’d love to have you. Please drop us a line.
Join Us to Show Your Support!
On Thursday, May 23 2024 at 6pm we will be presenting to the Park District Board the full breakdown and construction estimates for everything on site. Please show up to show your support for the skate park. The MOU we have with the Park District specifies a 70% funding threshold necessary for us to break ground. That equates to RMSP having a deficit of at least $1 million before we can get this thing going. This money can either be cash in hand or donations of materials and labor. If you know someone that might be able to help, please, please put us in touch.
With funding secured by the end of this calendar year, we can break ground in May 2025.
So, back to why you’re here … the rally results … you’re going to need to click on one of the pictures in the post to be linked to the results PDF. Hint, we’re trying to build a SKATEPARK.
We couldn’t have you just scrolling all the way to the bottom of this without actually reading anything right?
Thanks for the support.
Colin Robinson
Volunteer – Rocker Memorial Skatepark
rockermemorialskatepark@gmail.com
