April 2007: New locations continue to be suggested: The former Batten Farms location on Davie Road Ext., a place with about 5 acres off Flamingo Road, if the Spykes Grove site is bought with Open Space funds, a few acres could be used for a dog park - maybe near Griffin Road. Betty Booth Roberts park has been suggested, but the area is very small. Sites are still under discussion.
+++April 13, 2005+++
The Town of Davie will be sponsoring a Dog Park Workshop on Monday April 11th, at 6:30 pm in the Town Council Chambers at Davie Town Hall.
The workshop is open to the public, and residents who would like a dog park in town are invited to attend and offer input.
+++March 30th, 2005+++
This is a call to all crafters! We will have a table on the porch of the Davie Women's Club during the Orange Blossom festival at the end of February. We could use any help that you could provide. We are expecting a good turn out and would like to create many items for sale before the festival. Funds raised will go toward our group registering for Not for Profit status with the State of Florida. (Update: This event gathered a lot of support for the dog park from residents and helped make a good impression on the town council!
How you can help:
Thank you for your support.
Once again we were well received by the Davie Town Council. Mayor Truex even thanked us for our persistence! The council has requested more information on locations from Town of Davie staff. Hopefully one of the locations will be acceptable.
Please continue to express your support of a dog park to your council members.
+++February 6th, 2005+++
In our continuing effort to open a Dog Park in the Town of Davie, Marie, Sandra, Fran and Tina will be attending the Town Council Meeting on Wednesday, February 3rd.
Some of the topics we hope to discuss will include, what structures a dog park includes, cost analysis of current dog parks, what rules are standard in dog parks, and how liability issues can be handled effectively. Update: This event went well and was well received!
Please contact us a [email protected] if you have any questions, or if there is any additional information that you would like for us to include.
+++December 3rd, 2004+++
On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, Marie, Tina, Fran, and Sandra all spoke before the Davie Town Council in support of a dog park in the Town of Davie. The council was presented with the most current petition, which included 216 signatures.
Our spoken presentations and petition were both well received by the Town Council and the Mayor. The
Council members and the Mayor discussed various possibilities for the dog park. Some of the items discussed included using a section of Pine Island Park for the location, the problems with the potential sites suggested by the Parks and Recreation
Committee, and the possibility of using a land grant to procure separate land for the dog park.
The Davie Town Council and the Mayor were very positive about our request for a dog park in Davie. However, no further action has been planned at this time. If you have not yet e-mailed your
council member, please do so now. A strong and
consistent show of resident support is the only way to make this park a
possibility.
The next Town Council Meeting is on, Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at 7:00pm. Attendance at this meeting could mean a big difference to our cause. Please e-mail Davie Dog Park if you want to speak at this open forum meeting, so that we can coordinate our efforts.
If you will not be able to attend this meeting, you can let your council member know how you feel by e-mailing them directly (Update: Please see the Get Involved section of our website for new council members' contact information).
Many Davie residents expressed their support for a dog park in Davie November 20th and 21st at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds. During the craft show, we gathered additional signatures, added more members to our e-mail list, and sold craft items to raise funds.
This show of resident support is both encouraging and important.
+++November 20th - 21st, 2004+++
We will have a table, located near the Bandstand, at the 23rd Annual Holiday Craft & Plant Fair!Exciting News! The Town of Davie Parks and Recreation committee met on Monday, November 08, 2004. They have chosen four possible locations for the dog park.
Wolf Lake Park, 37 acres, half of that area is lake, east of University, between Griffin & Stirling.
Sunny Lake Park, 17 acres, near Griffin and the Turnpike. (Update 4-07: this has been designated as a bird sanctuary.)
The Parks and Recreations committee will send this list to the town council. This does not mean that the dog park is definitely happening. It simply means that these four sites made the most sense to the Parks and Recreations committee, out of all the possible locations in Davie.
In order to assure the future existence of a dog park in Davie, we must all keep the Davie Town Council aware of our continued interest. For more information on Davie Town Council Meetings times, locations and procedures CLICK HERE.