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June 2005 - Challenger
Bark Dog Friendly Area (DFA) has been open for about a year and a half
now and
we’ve seen a lot of turnover – people leaving the neighborhood and new
neighbors moving in. It seems as if the
number of folks and their pooches using Challenger Bark is at an
all-time
high. It is rare that I walk by and see
the park anymore, which makes me really happy!
If you'd like to be
on the Challenger Bark email list, please email me at the email address
at the bottom of the page. We send emails about what's going on
at the park, good to know info for your dog, and important neighborhood
news impacting the DFA.
Now, you
may not know it, but the Park District does not do the day-to-day
maintenance
on the DFA. That is handled by a small
(now very small) group of Challenger Bark users called the Dog Area
Council, who
now need your help. With winter
seemingly over, there are a few things that need to be done.
It is
important to note that an active Dog Area Council is required by the
Park
District if we want to keep the DFA open.
The
following are some of the responsibilities of the Dog Area Council:
- Clean-up of trash
(especially forgotten poop)
- Sweeping the pebbles
- Filling the poop bag
dispensers
- Pressure washing the
surface (monthly)
- Working with the Park
District to obtain upgrades/improvements requested by park users
Obviously,
this is not too time-consuming if there are a lot of people to help,
but when
there are only two or three it can be tough. If
you are interested in helping maintain the DFA, please
email me at the email address listed below.
We are also looking
to update the Photos page with recent photos of the dogs that play in
Challenger Bark. Please send me an electronic picture of your dog
or dogs so I can add it. (The pictures we have up are from when
we only had the temporary area set-up. Many of those dogs
do not even live in the neighborhood anymore!!) We want to put up
pictures of dogs using the DFA now.
Finally, we have
recently received quotes for message centers for each end of the park
from the Park District's vendor. The message centers would be
used to post important information of interest to DFA patrons.
(To see a picture of what we'd like to order, click here.) The
total cost is around $1,900,
of which we have already raised around $1,400. If you would like
to donate or know a local business owner who might, please let me
know. We have already received a generous donation from the owner
of Nick's Uptown on Sheridan Road.
Thanks,
Channing
Greene
Founder,
Challenger Bark Dog Friendly Area
channing@greene-shipman.org
We hope
you'll bring
your best friends and let them play with ours at Challenger Bark.
All we ask is that you follow the rules of common courtesy: Click the Rules link on the left
side of this
page.
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