Gray McKay

Interior Design, 2022

Life expectancy in Franklinton is 6.1 years lower than Ohio overall, with 52% of residents living in poverty and increased crime rates and police presence. A publicly-accessible skatepark would address this demographic by providing a space for physical activity offered at an inexpensive price point with available rentals. Providing legal spaces to skate reduces ticketing and negative law enforcement interactions with skaters to create safer public spaces by redirecting skaters to a designated space. Uniquely inclusive park design for all riders and ability levels would draw in tourism to increase city revenue and improve city infrastructure. A profitable skate spectation bar would capture sales from travelers utilizing the neighboring transportation hub to fund ongoing park maintenance.

Gray McKay is a 2022 graduate from The Ohio State University with a BSD in Interior Design.Inspired by themes of urban mobility and community support, Gray brings her passion for inclusion and user empathy to her designs. In her local community she leads a collective of marginalized-gender roller-skaters and is an obsessive pup parent to her senior shiba inu rescue, Milo.

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