A Huge Thank You to Dan Reed at Just Up The Pike

After a year of desperately trying (and mostly failing) to get community leaders to pay attention to the issues our skateboarding youth face in Silver Spring, I am deeply and profoundly grateful and thankful for the following 'tweets' posted by Dan Reed of Just Up The Pike on his Twitter account:

"if you haven't followed @ssskaters or skateboard mom's blog, you should #dtss #silverspring http://silverspringskateboarding.blogspot.com"

and this:

"after seeing this I'm convinced #dtss & #silverspring could use a full-on skatepark, not just a skate spot: http://is.gd/4ZKrG @ssskaters"

Just Up The Pike is the most popular blog that covers Silver Spring (its focus is on East County), and while I've had trouble getting many current leaders to pay attention to these issues, Dan Reed is one of our future leaders, and he is paying attention.