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04-22-2009, 03:40 PM
http://www.ohmidog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ppdp.bmp (http://www.pattersondogpark.org)The city’s new (and under reconsideration (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/04/21/city-council-hearing-scheduled-on-leash-law/)) $1,000 fine for unleashed dogs has*reinvigorated the long-running effort to establish a dog park in Patterson Park, and the group behind it has called a meeting for Thursday night to assess the situation and seek support.
The Patterson Dog Park Steering Committee (http://pattersondogpark.org) has arranged a “meet-and-greet/show of support” at the restaurant Three, located at the corner of E. Baltimore and S. Linwood. The meeting starts at*6:30 p.m. and*Three has agreed to extend its*Happy Hour specials for the crowd that is expected.
“Prior to and especially now in light of the $1,000 off-leash dog fine, the Patterson Dog Park Steering Committee had revitalized our efforts for an established fenced dog park within Patterson Park. We have been receiving a great amount of new support from local community members and would like to introduce ourselves and meet other advocates for a dog park within Patterson Park…” a committee member explained.
Efforts to establish a dog park at Patterson have been going on for at least four years, and serve as a testament to just how difficult the city has made the process — even though the mayor and several council members have spoken of the need for more dog parks.
In a ribbon cutting for the first city-funded dog park at Latrobe Park in Locust Point (the city will pay to build, but not maintain the park, scheduled to open this summer), Mayor Sheila Dixon promised (http://www.ohmidog.com/2008/10/10/baltimore-to-build-its-first-dog-park/) as many as eight dog parks in Baltimore.
Currently, there is only one small and often crowded dog park in Baltimore, Canton Dog Park (http://www.cantondogpark.org/), which was built and is maintained by a non-profit neighborhood group. It is the only public area in the city where a dog may legally be off leash.
Part of the difficulty in Patterson Park has been the*many different communities that surround it*– among them Canton, Highlandtown, Patterson Park, Butchers Hill, and Upper Fells Point, and resistance to the idea in some neighborhoods.
To learn more about the group, and their plan for a dog park, visit pattersondogpark.org (http://pattersondogpark.org).
More... (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/04/22/1000-fines-spur-patterson-dog-park-group/)
The Patterson Dog Park Steering Committee (http://pattersondogpark.org) has arranged a “meet-and-greet/show of support” at the restaurant Three, located at the corner of E. Baltimore and S. Linwood. The meeting starts at*6:30 p.m. and*Three has agreed to extend its*Happy Hour specials for the crowd that is expected.
“Prior to and especially now in light of the $1,000 off-leash dog fine, the Patterson Dog Park Steering Committee had revitalized our efforts for an established fenced dog park within Patterson Park. We have been receiving a great amount of new support from local community members and would like to introduce ourselves and meet other advocates for a dog park within Patterson Park…” a committee member explained.
Efforts to establish a dog park at Patterson have been going on for at least four years, and serve as a testament to just how difficult the city has made the process — even though the mayor and several council members have spoken of the need for more dog parks.
In a ribbon cutting for the first city-funded dog park at Latrobe Park in Locust Point (the city will pay to build, but not maintain the park, scheduled to open this summer), Mayor Sheila Dixon promised (http://www.ohmidog.com/2008/10/10/baltimore-to-build-its-first-dog-park/) as many as eight dog parks in Baltimore.
Currently, there is only one small and often crowded dog park in Baltimore, Canton Dog Park (http://www.cantondogpark.org/), which was built and is maintained by a non-profit neighborhood group. It is the only public area in the city where a dog may legally be off leash.
Part of the difficulty in Patterson Park has been the*many different communities that surround it*– among them Canton, Highlandtown, Patterson Park, Butchers Hill, and Upper Fells Point, and resistance to the idea in some neighborhoods.
To learn more about the group, and their plan for a dog park, visit pattersondogpark.org (http://pattersondogpark.org).
More... (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/04/22/1000-fines-spur-patterson-dog-park-group/)