Larry Littrell spent much of Sunday at one of his son Wyatt's favorite spots: a skate park in New Smyrna Beach.
But Littrell's family lives in Casselberry, and they would prefer not to have to make the hour-long drive every weekend to have their fun.
"He can't skate much during the week," Littrell said. "A lot of the kids he's met and skated with over the last two years have gotten much better because they've been lucky enough to live in a town that has a skate park."
Casselberry doesn't have a skate park, and skateboarding isn't allowed at the parks the city does have.
"A lot of my friends like skateboarding, but they don't have a park," Wyatt Littrell said. "All they do is go down the driveway."
Larry Littrell is now leading a growing grassroots effort to convince Casselberry city leaders to build a skate park. He recently brought it up at a City Commission meeting.
"So far, I've received positive feedback from the mayor, as well as a couple of other city commissioners — both from their public feedback at that meeting as well as in follow-up emails," Littrell said.
Littrell said city leaders want to see a strong show of interest from the public before moving forward with the idea of a skate park. Littrell started a Facebook page, and it includes Casselberry's zip code. It already has almost 300 likes, and Littrell hopes it gets hundreds more soon to show high interest in the skate park idea.
"The thing I love the most about skateboarding is that it's all on him, and it's teaching him a life lesson that when he falls down, he has to pick himself back up, dust himself off and get back after it," Littrell said.
Casselberry city leaders begin budget workshops Monday, and the possibility of a new skate park is something they are expected to discuss.