Bark For A Park has come a long way in five years. The show of support from the public has been incredible, and yet we are still working with the City of Birmingham to bring you Birmingham's first dog park. During this time others have joined us or expressed interest in building dog parks for their communities. We have heard positive news and public interest for parks in Homewood, Crestwood/Avondale, Highlands, Hoover, Gardendale, Glen Iris, Central City (downtown), Ruffner Mountain Park, Red Mountain Park and so on. That could potentially be nine dog parks in our metro. I know, most of you are saying "how could we have nine dog parks when we have not even got the first one?"
Just look at Houston, Texas http://www.hdpa.org/
They started trying to get their first dog park about ten years ago. It took them five years to convince the City to build their first dog park in a flood zone outside the main loop (equivalent to us getting one in Fultondale). Five years for the first one! Three years after that, they had a total of 6 dog parks. Two years after that (present day) they have 15 dog parks. We have the approval from Birmingham Parks and Rec to move forward with the first dog park located at George Ward Park off of Greensprings Highway in the Glen Iris neighborhood. We have not faded away. Birmingham will get it's first dog park, and I'm confident that the public response will be overwhelming. Once we set that precedent, it will pave the way for many more dog parks in the metro area.
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