One last ride: Popular skate park Society Memphis will close Dec. 31
Skater Adrian Akin (right) grinds one of the rails as Jason Weiner watches at the new Society Skatepark & Coffee, an industrial warehouse in Binghampton that was transformed by local skate enthusiasts Mark Horrocks, Matthew Wrage and Zac Roberts. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Society Memphis was built inside a warehouse at 583 Scott St. as an ambitious project to create a space where diverse passions could converge.
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Aisling Mäki has been writing about Memphis since she moved to the city more than 20 years ago. She’s worked for print, digital and broadcast news outlets, including Memphis Daily News and Action News 5 (WMC), as well as public relations agencies. Her work has earned awards from The Associated Press, Tennessee Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Public Relations Society of America.
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