Foodstuffs happy to roll with Whitby skaters’ ideas
People power has pushed Foodstuffs Wellington to collaboration over the design or re-location of a new Whitby skate park.
It follows anger from skaters, who met draft plans for the supermarket redevelopment spin-off with hostility. JAMES PAUL reports.
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