Texas Ave and C St, SE
“Dear PoPville,
Could you give some visibility to this petition to build a dog park for Wards 7 & 8!
There are currently 16 dog parks in the District, but none have been built in these wards despite continued requests from residents.
A DC Redditor recently posted giving some background on this very sad situation.”
More info from DPR here.
From the petition: (more…)
Last Friday I wrote about the coming dog park at 17th and S Street, NW. In the comments section a reader wrote:
“For a variety of reasons, the Park Road space will not be an “official” dog park anytime in the immediate future (if ever). However, dog owners may note the improved layout of the space (there should be gates going in to fill those two spaces in the fence at some point) which happens to be conducive to use by dogs, and should feel free to congregate, informally, accordingly. Hopefully, regular users will take an interest in keeping the space clean, tidy, and green.”
I spoke with some folks today that confirmed the above comment. The space is owned by Metro and the gate will be intentionally unlocked so that folks can bring their dogs there. MPD won’t bother you because it is Metro land but I agree with the original commenter that it will be up to the community to keep the space clean. I think Councilman Graham probably deserves a fair share of credit as he did quite a bit to make this an official park but it seems to me an unofficial park should be just as good. From what I understand it’s good to go right now. So for folks with dogs be sure to write me and let me know how it goes.
Sorry I forgot to mention this – “DPR To Make Improvements To Dog Exercise Area at Walter Pierce Park”:
“The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) announced today that they will be making improvements to the dog exercise area at Walter Pierce Park, located at Adams Mill & Ontario Roads, NW.
Weather permitting, the dog exercise area is scheduled to close and work begin on January 22, 2009. Once underway, work is expected to last approximately three weeks. The rest of Walter Pierce Park will remain open.
Improvements to the dog exercise area include the installation of new five-foot high perimeter fencing with a double gate, and installation of a new dog exercise surface, which will be 6 inches of compacted stone.”
For more on Walter Pierce Park you can read a profile here.
Speaking of dog parks – the park at S Street and 17th, NW is also slated to become a dog park.
More photos after the jump. (They also have some cool sculptures that I’ve never photographed before I hope they remain after the renovation.) (more…)