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The city approved our request for off-leash hours at Connaught Park starting next month. This win belongs to every one of you who kept the pressure on our local representatives. Keep an eye on our project website for the final rules on park maintenance and community etiquette.

February 21, 2010

Dog Park for Kitsilano Area

Dog Park for Kitsilano Area

🏆 Won — 305 supporters Verified

Final supporters

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Selma M.
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Raquel K.
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Tamara O.
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Katarina D.
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Candelence W.
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Emilisa F.
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Zoe B.
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Edmund H.
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Kate A.
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Lindsay T.
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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 9 months ago
OUR STATEMENT: To provide a common area, where dogs can play and learn to socialize with others dogs and people.To develop a beautiful, well-maintained space open to all dog lovers and friends who are willing to uphold the park's rules and restrictions. To view this park as a community project, in partnership with Kitsilano Community, designed to satisfy the needs of dog-owners and non-dog owners alike. See our website at kitsdogpark.web.com for further details! OUR PETITION: We the undersigned request a specific time for off-leash dogs in the order of preference of Connaught Park and/or the Arbutus walk area. We request times between 5-9AM and 5-9PM daily. Please sign the petition with your full name. Please note, NO DONATION IS REQUIRED.

Updates

Reached 250 supporters

December 20, 2009

December 13, 2009

The momentum behind this dog park proposal is growing faster than I anticipated. Post the petition link to your Facebook page and text three neighbors today to keep the pressure on our local representatives.

December 1, 2009

We hit 100 signatures today. Post your support on Facebook and email your local representative to demand this designated off-leash time.

Reached 100 supporters

November 30, 2009

November 29, 2009

We are approaching one hundred signatures and need a final push to cross that line. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and text three neighbors to make sure they add their names before the day ends.

7 Comments

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Mike Snyder
16 years ago Featured

FINALLY. It is way to hard to find anywhere good to let the dogs run around here.

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David Sullivan
16 years ago Featured

Connaught Park would be perfect, there is so much unused space right now.

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Jessica Webster
16 years ago Featured

my dog really needs to work on her socialization and this would help so much

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Tom Singh
16 years ago Featured

YES PLEASE. 5-9am is exactly when I walk my guy.

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Lisa Tate
16 years ago Featured

the neighbourhood needs this bad. so many dogs in kits and nowhere safe to go.

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Sarah Perez
16 years ago Featured

Living in an apartment with a high energy dog is impossible without a space like this. Please just let us have the Arbutus area!!

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Selma McLovely
12 years ago

WE NEED MORE DOG PARKS!!!