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Coquille dog park opens Saturday
By Jolene Guzman, Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 | No comments posted.
Coquille is inviting dogs of every size and shape (and their owners) to fluff up their fur and put on their best costumes for the grand opening of the new play area for pooches near the Fifth Street Park. The frolic starts at 1:30 on Saturday, as part of the 2009 Coquille Gay 90s celebration.
It should be a howling good time.
The half-acre park’s first phase is finished, including putting up fencing and providing water and doggie bag disposal. Dog park committee members got together for the first time in March of last year. They are amazed to have broken ground a little more than a year later.
“I guess I was pleasantly surprised,” committee member Mary Graham said. “That might have been optimistic, but we did it.”
She said the strength of the volunteer and financial support for the project really shows people wanted to have a dog park.
Altogether, the park has cost about $6,000. Some money was donated and some raised through the sale of home-made dog treats and dog bowls, committee members said. Donors will be honored with dog bone-shaped plaques, which will be posted on a sign at the park.
The city donated the land, once a brush-covered parcel, and will mow and maintain it. The Home Builder’s Association of Southwest Oregon donated the money for fencing, while West Coast Fencing of Coos Bay donated the labor to put up the fence. About 15 volunteers helped them erect the fence last month.
Committee member and Coquille Councilor Linda Short, who ironically does not have a dog, said the committee has its community-minded volunteers to thank.
“If it wasn’t for volunteers, I don’t know what Coquille would do,” she said.
Short hopes having the park available will attract travelers with dogs off state Highway 42 and into the community. Signs for the park will be posted along the highway next to signs for Coquille Valley Hospital.
“It’s wonderful that it’s actually happening and people are showing up to help us,” Short said.
She added the park will be an alternative to people taking their dogs to the former Georgia-Pacific mill site, where construction on a new McKay’s market will start this summer.
That should please plenty of local pooches and their people.
“I’ve never seen a town with so many dogs,” Short said.
It should be a howling good time.
The half-acre park’s first phase is finished, including putting up fencing and providing water and doggie bag disposal. Dog park committee members got together for the first time in March of last year. They are amazed to have broken ground a little more than a year later.
“I guess I was pleasantly surprised,” committee member Mary Graham said. “That might have been optimistic, but we did it.”
She said the strength of the volunteer and financial support for the project really shows people wanted to have a dog park.
Altogether, the park has cost about $6,000. Some money was donated and some raised through the sale of home-made dog treats and dog bowls, committee members said. Donors will be honored with dog bone-shaped plaques, which will be posted on a sign at the park.
The city donated the land, once a brush-covered parcel, and will mow and maintain it. The Home Builder’s Association of Southwest Oregon donated the money for fencing, while West Coast Fencing of Coos Bay donated the labor to put up the fence. About 15 volunteers helped them erect the fence last month.
Committee member and Coquille Councilor Linda Short, who ironically does not have a dog, said the committee has its community-minded volunteers to thank.
“If it wasn’t for volunteers, I don’t know what Coquille would do,” she said.
Short hopes having the park available will attract travelers with dogs off state Highway 42 and into the community. Signs for the park will be posted along the highway next to signs for Coquille Valley Hospital.
“It’s wonderful that it’s actually happening and people are showing up to help us,” Short said.
She added the park will be an alternative to people taking their dogs to the former Georgia-Pacific mill site, where construction on a new McKay’s market will start this summer.
That should please plenty of local pooches and their people.
“I’ve never seen a town with so many dogs,” Short said.
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