Work starts on $2.5M skate park in Sioux Falls

The Barb Iverson Skate Park will be one of the largest in the country once completed

The construction of a $2.5 million professional-grade skate park that's been years in the making is underway in Sioux Falls.

The city of Sioux Falls and a nonprofit partner that orchestrated the project broke ground Thursday on the 20,000-square-foot park that will be one of the largest in the nation upon its completion.

"We are excited to break ground on…