Riley Skate Park

Overview

Skate Park Design

Sponsorship Opportunities

Engraved Brick

Events & Fundraisers

Brick Court Business Directory

Friends & Partners

Donation Forms

F2H Skater Club

Contact

Brick Court Business Directory & In-Kind Donation

Brick Court Business Directory Marketing Form

Top Seven Advantages

The Brick Court Business Directory will give your business more exposure and more business.

Advantage 1 A prominent location at the entrance of Riley Skate Park, displaying the business name/logo, phone number, location, and/or web address.

Taking advantage

The skate park is expected to draw 200 skaters each day, not including the hundreds of people who will participate in skateboard camps and competitions throughout the year. The Brick Court will receive effective exposure at its location in Founders Sports Park.

Advantage 2 The Brick Court Business Directory will be in print form and posted on information boards throughout highly traveled Farmington Hills Parks, including: Founders Sports Park (8 Mile Road) and Heritage Park (Farmington Road between 10 & 11 Mile Roads). Founders Sports Park provides information boards near the baseball diamonds, ice arena, disc golf course, and soccer fields.

Taking advantage

Currently 722,000 people visit Founders Sports Park each year. During baseball and soccer tournaments, between games players and parents have 3-4 hours of time to kill. Typically 45-50 people/team seek a place to eat or shop. To make life easier on tournament participants, the Brick Court Directory will give them direct exposure of businesses in the area. Instead of saying, "did you see a McDonalds anywhere around here or just somewhere to eat!" They will be given choices, instead of just finding something because they have no idea what is available.

Advantage 3 The Brick Court Business Directory will be displayed on the Riley Skate Park web page within the City of Farmington Hills website. This is expected to be used by local and out-of-town Founders Sports Park and Riley Skate Park users.

Taking advantage

Graphic - F2H website Logo When families travel to cities to participate in a tournament or to visit a well known skate park, they research the internet to find where hotels are in the area they will be visiting and what else there is to do while they are there, such as a place to watch movies, shop and other businesses unique to the area. People often have a lot of time to kill when away from home. They need to entertain the child that isn’t participating in the tournament!

Milton-Freewater, Oregon is an excellent example of the high quality that skaters demand in their skate parks. Delphine Palmer, City Manager, finds "our new park is bringing in tourists. A number of teens are requesting their parents to bring them to Milton-Freewater so they can skate in the bowl. While the kids are skating, the parents normally shop and visit the museum." Palmer said many of the families and traveling skaters stay overnight in local hotels.

Advantage 4

“My family and I have lived in Farmington for ten years. I have two boys ages 7 and 10 who love to skateboard, unfortunately there is no place for them to ride their skateboards legally, so they end up in the street in our subdivision. The new skate park would be great for the skateboarders, the dangers involved with riding in the public streets and parking lots have always concerned me, but the boys just want to ride their boards and have fun. I encourage them to continue to ride, it's not just fun for them, but the exercise they get is a benefit not offered sitting in front of a video game.”

Debra Zimmerman
Parent of Skateboarder

A fee-free park where skateboarders and in-line skaters can practice their sport safely, away from pedestrians and business properties.

Taking advantage

Several complaints have been made by businesses in the area because skateboarders are posing safety issues near their business, causing property damage or just making the area look how business owners want it to look. We are building the skate park to help businesses. If your business supports the park, you will have the right to tell skateboarders (if they continue to skate around your business), that you supported the park and would appreciate they do not skateboard near your business. This would be more effective, than kicking them out and showing you gave no support of a safe place for kids to skateboard.

Advantage 5 Graphic - Brick Court Business Directory Business information and location will be located in the Brick Court Business Directory PAMPHLET.

Taking advantage

A helpful guide for customers about businesses in Farmington Hills can be sought out in a PAMPHLET with specific location and business information. In this organized business directory, people can easily head into town for restaurants, activities, shopping and services.

Advantage 6 Graphic - Map Business information and location placed on a LARGE MAP displayed in Founders Sports Park.

Taking advantage

When visitors come to Founders Sports Park and want to do activities or get food in the area, a large map of Farmington Hills will assist people where to go.

Advantage 7 Kiosk space for business to place marketing materials.

Taking advantage

In the Farmington Hills Ice Arena, there will be kiosk space to market your business. For example, for a restaurant, menus will be available for individuals visiting Founders Sports Park. In addition, other businesses may include coupons or other marketing devices for potential customers.