After 14 years of hard work, our friends and neighbors at Prosper Skateshop in Chicago have announced that they will be closing their doors. Prosper has held it down for so many years, and we’re honored to stand with them as they close this chapter.

As fellow small business owners, we know the challenges all too well: online competition, high overhead costs, and economic pressures that make sustaining a local business harder than ever! Skate shops everywhere are disappearing, and Prosper’s story is a reminder of how much we stand to lose when small businesses can’t survive.

We want to help Prosper ease the stress of this transition, support their hardworking employees during this time, and help them close this chapter with love and gratitude.

This GoFundMe is a way for all of us—friends, customers, skaters, and neighbors—to say thank you. Thank you for the memories, the dedication, and the love they poured into this community for over a decade.

Please help us honor and support Chicago’s own, Prosper Skateshop.