An 8,000-square-metre freestyle park is to be built on a patch of land between football pitches and the main road in Zurich's Allmend district at the foot of the Uetliberg. The project was already approved by the authorities in 2004 and the financing was secured, but since then the bureaucrats, flanked by the mini-party "Party for Zurich", have prevented the park from being built. The referendum will now lead to the final decision: if the initiative against the construction of the park is rejected, the freestyle park can be built.

With its "Freie Allmend" initiative, the "Party for Zurich" wants to prevent the meadow area on the southern outskirts of Zurich from being built over bit by bit. The Freestyle Park is only the first planning application and the party wants to prevent further advances. However, neither the authorities nor the party itself are aware of any project that wants to use the Allmend as a starting point.The Freestyle Park Association counters that the area for the freestyle park is currently used as a hammer-throwing facility. It is currently fenced off and closed to the public. The Allmend would therefore not lose a single square meter of previously freely used land with the construction of the freestyle park. At the same time, the importance of such a park for young people in Zurich is emphasized. They are now drawing attention to themselves with an original referendum campaign and showing young people who have literally grown beards from waiting so long for the freestyle park. They are calling on all young people to go to the polls on June 13 and send a clear signal in Zurich on their behalf.Interesting article from the Tages-Anzeiger on the topic:
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/stadt/Die-Warterei-auf-den-FreestylePark-foerdert-den-Bartwuchs/story/17577928