According to the Tribune, the Hillsborough County's parks department "is holding a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (1/16/07) to discuss the dog park planned on the west side of U.S. 41, just south of Lutz-Lake Fern Road.
The idea for a dog park came from students at Lutz Elementary School. The children presented the proposal to county commissioners, who set aside $150,000 for the park."
The meeting is being held at the Lutz Community Center next to the Lutz Library.This is a great idea. The dog park we have in Seminole Heights is small but very well used. It is nice to have a place to let your dog off the leash and meet other dogs.
According to the BOCC summary of minutes from the 5/17/06 BOCC meeting: "Ms. Kelsey Leggett and Mr. Zachary Bess-Lima, members of Earth Force, Lutz Elementary School, explained the group had initiated a community project to create a dog park . . . Vice Chairman Hagan offered comments in support, confirmed staff was providing assistance, and referred the issue to the County Administrator."
In the 8/16/06 meeting it was noted that the unofficial dog park at Lake Park is being closed due to concerns about the effect on the underground water supply. The Lutz Park will be one of the two dogs parks created to replace it. The other is at Logan Gate Village Park.
5 comments:
Hey, congrats finally you guys a getting a dog park! We too intend to have a BIG park, for our neighbourhood is filled with too many dogs.
This is so cool that all our hard work payed off! I'm Kelsey L., the one from the article, and it is just awesome to see our dream come true because we fought[SPELLCHECK] for it and didn't give up. Thank you for including our hardwork and we can't wait for the dog park. This is just a suggestion, but if you write another article will you please include our teacher, Mrs. Judy Alvarez, as without her we would not have been able to pursue this goal. Thank yall so much.Lutz Elem. rocks so much.
What Kelsey Said was so true. I helped on the dog park as well!
It's a ncie park. It'd be nice to have some more shade in some parts. It is a nice wide area for the dogs to run though. A lot of dogs are there midmorning.
Hey this is Zachary Bess-Lima the one from the article. I enjoyed being in Earth Force, it was a great experience, and seeing all our hard work pay off was the best part. Thanks to Lutz Elementary, Lutz has a new dog park!
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