Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council invited the community to attend a pre-design workshop to share their thoughts on the design of the Braidwood skate park.
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The council has appointed Convic to design the skate park.
Convic is a global skate park and youth space design company.
Councillor Peter Marshall said he hoped that the community would take the lead in the design and workshop of the project.
"I would like the consultation to take its course without political involvement," Cr Marshall said.
Skateboarding enthusiast Karuna Bajracharya says he has dreamed of a skate park for the past 25 years.
"Young people have nowhere to go," Mr Bajracharya said.
"They are chased away and made to feel unwelcome.
"The local kids have gone skate-mad and they need a safe place to go."
Convic says there are seven critical mistakes communities may make when designing a skate park.
These range from not having a strategic plan to not considering the location implications and associated costs of establishing amenities and landscaping.
Mr Bajracharya said location was the most vital factor in the success of the project.
A youth community workshop was held on Tuesday April 9 from 4pm to 5.30pm.
An open community workshop was held later in the evening, from 6.30pm to 8pm.
The workshops were held in the QPRC meeting room on Park Lane, in the former Old Braidwood Library building, opposite the existing library.
See qprc.nsw.gov.au
