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Lathrop project excites skaters
Designers expect it to rival, if not surpass Ripons
LATHROP LGC1 11-9-13
Diede Construction crews work around part of the skate park section at the Lathrop Generations Center. - photo by HIME ROMERO/The Bulletin
LATHROP – Seth Harper pushed hard with his right leg and steered with his left. With Lathrop High School disappearing behind him, Harper forced his way down Spartan Drive towards the Lathrop Skate Park – the above-ground, composite-material attraction in the shadow of Lathrop Police Services – as construction crews put more finishing touches on the first major aspect of the Lathrop Generations Center.He had already stopped to marvel. Lathrop’s park will boast things like rails and stairs – a street skating course – that are absent from many community skate parks including in Ripon and Manteca.