By next summer, Beach Haven hopes to open a skate park at the Taylor Avenue bayside waterfront. The proposal moved another step closer to reality on Nov. 14 when the borough council adopted a bond ordinance to appropriate $325,000 for the facility, which would be located west of the basketball court.

To help the process along, borough officials earlier this year hired Brad Siedlecki as a consultant. He is president of Pillar Design Studios/Pillar Skateparks, based in Arizona.