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Your Purchase Helps Support the Dog
Field!
In January 2003, a committee of interested citizens asked the Board
of Park Commissioners for an area where they could recreate off-leash with
their pets. The ATPD was in favor of a dog park and could provide an area in
an existing park for the facility, but there was not a dime available to put
toward the construction or maintenance.
The committee agreed to raise the funds since development and maintenance
funds were not in the district’s budget. The park district agreed to
dedicate its resources of land, expertise, labor, equipment and management
skills to organize the combined efforts of staff and volunteers. It fit in
perfectly with our adopted strategy to stretch ATPD funds and resources by
partnering with citizens who would be using the facility. The ATPD’s
Board of Park Commissioners judged that the partnership would have equity
in terms of the amount of effort the volunteers would put forth, and deemed
the outcome would serve a viable recreational need in our community.
The committee hit the ground running
with their fund raising efforts and on August 14, 2004, the Kellogg Dog
Field opened in conjunction with our 2nd Annual Hotdog Parade. This facility
came about due to the efforts or our volunteer committee that has been
a part of the process from the beginning. They
continue to make sure the dog field lives up to its potential and conduct
other fundraising activities to incorporated additional amenities to
the
Dog Field.
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