Future of On Edge Skating
As many of you are aware back in August we closed down our synthetic rink. As we have written on the blog Charles is a MS patient and we felt the need to go to those steps after he started showing signs of his MS worsening. When he got to a point where he could no longer walk unassisted some hard decisions had to be made. This along with low skate numbers in the late summer brought us to the decision to close the synthetic rink.
The Online Pro Shop has not closed. We are still here taking orders same as always. No changes have been made to our Pro Shop. You can still make orders, get sized for boots, and get blades sharpened and get other maintenance handled. We are only a phone call away.
Many of you have been calling….. We get anywhere between 5-10 calls a week from folks wanting to know how things are going, what our plans are for the rink and most of all when we will be offering skating again. We both have really appreciated all the calls and voices of support.
We ended our lease off of the I-70 Business Loop in Grand Junction location. So while Charles is not back to where he wants to be or doing what he wants to do he has taken notice to these calls and we are putting some “feeler’s” out to see what our options may be for possibly bringing Skate Green back to the valley.
We are looking at possible locations, partnering with other established businesses, and the possibility of working with a partner. We just wanted to let everyone know what we were doing and where things were at as of right now. If you have any questions at all please feel free to call us.
Until something can be figure out for a permanent rink we are renting out our surface for private rentals and special events. We are hoping to have more news on a permanent rink solution in the coming months. For more information don’t hesitate to contact us