City officials have launched an informal survey to gauge interest for a dog park within city limits. Residents are being asked to click ok if amenable and then answer two questions: In which of the four city neighborhoods do they reside and whether or not they own a dog. Please only one response per household, […]

Plans for a park within the city where dogs can run off-leash are still in the works despite a summer-long delay in the planning process. The transition of three newly elected members to the city council in July postponed the plans for the dog park, said Councilwoman Sue Henderson, who also serves on the dog […]

After months of research and meetings, the dog park committee is proposing a location for a place in the city where dogs can run off-leash. The committee, which was formed in August 2012, has picked the stretch of Sunset Park between Bond and Emory streets for the dog park, city manager and committee member Terence […]

The dog park committee is pushing the designation of a possible park site to the first or second week in May, Councilwoman Sue Henderson said at the April 17 council meeting. Originally, Henderson said a location would be chosen by March 28. But after committee members realized a few of the sites they had chosen […]

The proposed location for a new dog park could be announced before the end of the month. The dog park committee has looked at properties throughout the city and narrowed it down to four city-owned areas, councilwoman and dog park committee chair Sue Henderson said. After the group decides on a parcel of land, they […]

Efforts to bring a dog park in Library Square Park earlier this year were unsuccessful, but some dog park advocates are working to institute a park elsewhere in town. An eight-member dog park committee has been formed and met for the first time on Thursday, Oct. 25. “The first charge of the committee is to […]

Although the city council rescinded its resolution establishing a dog park at last night’s meeting, the issue isn’t off the table yet. The governing body also approved a resolution establishing an advisory committee to examine whether the city should have a dog park and where one should be located. “I still feel there is a […]

The dog park planned for Library Square Park may be scrapped, as the city councilwoman who initially proposed it now says she will move to rescind the resolution authorizing the park at the next council meeting. “At the last council meeting, some different people got up and expressed their concerns in a very reasonable and […]

The dog run planned for Library Square Park has been a subject of controversy at the last few council meetings. And although the park is approved for a one-year trial program, the issue shows no signs of cooling off. Locals took to the microphone on during the public comment session of Wednesday night’s meeting to […]

The city’s dog park committee is holding a second public interest meeting tomorrow — Saturday, July 7 — at 10 a.m., in Library Square Park [pictured above]. The plan for a dog park was approved June 6 as a one-year pilot program. Members of the park’s committee — including condominium owner and pet trust attorney Rachel […]