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Cherry Hill Dog Park Proposal

Robert — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:53:27 +0000

Discussions are underway to install a second off leash dog park in Coeur d’Alene at Cherry Hill Park off 15th Street. The proposed site is approximately 3/4 of an acre just north of the tennis courts. The proposed dog park will be fully fenced with an entry bull pen, small dog section, benches, a pet drinking fountain, pet waste cans, and trees and shrubs among other things. Parking, rest rooms and a play ground are already in place at Cherry Hill.

UPDATE

The proposed dog park will be taken up on the agenda of the Coeur d’Alene City Council for final approval at it’s forthcoming meeting on September 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm in the CDA Library main meeting room. The meeting is open to the public.

We are very excited about the Cherry Hill site, and are very hopeful that the new park can be completed this year.

Parks Day Celebration, Coeur d’Alene, at Dog Park

Robert — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:22:28 +0000

Where: Central Bark and Northshire Park at Atlas and Nez Perce in Coeur d’Alene.

When: Saturday, July 9, 2011 – 9:00 AM to 1:00PM

The Kootenai County Dog Park Association and Coeur d’ Alene Parks Department invite you to join us July 9th for the 4th annual Park’s Day Celebration. Park’s Day was established in 2007 as a way to get Coeur d’ Alene families, friends and its visitors out to enjoy our city’s beautiful parks. July 9, 2011 our Park’s Day celebration will take place at Northshire Park (home of Central Bark) between 9:00am and 1:00pm. It will be a morning of wonderful activities; dogs romping, pickleball, horseshoes, a bounce house, live music, a pancake feed and numerous booths. We hope you will be excited to join us.

As you can imagine, we are excited to get the word out about Coeur d’Alene’s first ever dog park. It is a place where our four legged friends can run and play freely. It is neutral territory that promotes canine socialization. But what we love most is it’s a place where we too, along side our best friends, can connect and interact. Enough said, we are sure you understand.

We invite you to set up a booth, share educational, dog friendly information and meet the community. There are NO fees and nothing will be sold. This is your opportunity to advertise, give back and just have fun. Since your participation is voluntary, the hours for your attendance are up to you, we just want you to be there! One thing we would like to ask if you do choose to participate is to speak to our philosophy: the health, welfare, etiquette, friendship, and behavior of our four-legged friends. If you have an interest in presenting or demonstrating we welcome that too and look forward to coordinating any activity with you.

Please consider joining us. It will be a great, summer day!

Central Bark in Winter

Robert — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:40:25 +0000

Here are some scenes from Central Bark in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in Winter 2010-2011.

Donor List

Robert — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:33:18 +0000

Completing construction of the Central Bark dog park relied very heavily upon donations of funds and services and materials in kind. The Kootenai County Dog Park Association wishes to express it’s enormous gratitude to all who supported this successful effort. Listed below are the names of those who so generously contributed.

Joyce Summers
Ronnee McGee
Jonathan & Patricia Coe
Debra Oberhofer
Bonnie Warwick
Dorothy Hatch
Eugene Wassom
Nancy & Jason Hart
Waste Management
Larry & Bobbie Wolf
Francis Fuller
Paul & Darilyn Dircksen
CdA Auto Parts
River City Animal Hospital
Danelle & Bill Reagan
Francis Fuller
Richard Chuvala
Foundation for Protection of Animals-Wendy Haugen
J.B. Doehlman
John & Joy Wheaton
Century 21 Beutler & Associates
Caroline Crollard
Emily Hopkins
Judi Laufenberg
Scott Skolrud
Ainsworth Properties
Roni Anderson
Terri Hawkins
Coeur d’Alene Galleries, LLC
United Restoration
Nancy Flagan
Susan Ball
Trista Zaragoza
Ruth Pratt
Chrisie Chetrit
Ben Hammett
Steve Bell
Mimi MacDonald
Suzanne Aspy
Ben Hammett
Rita Manko
Specialty Tree Service Inc
Leslie & Eric Petersen
Sandra McKenzie
Diane Moran
Wendy Kelpin
Reid Harlocker
Christmas at the Lake
Renee Sutton
Linda Wylie
Kelly Wentz
Stewart Colpitts
Dorothy Hatch
Rotary of Post Falls
Erik Michels
Chris Shafer
Tad & susan Leach
Lloyd & Kay Ragan
Janice Odenthal
Vickie Davis
Terry Trainer Wright
Debra Vigil
Janet Waterdown
Lenore McDonald
PJ Maylandt
Barbara Holcombe
Kiwanis Club of Idaho Panhandle
Lindsey Wilson
Andrea Rainey
Magen Schmidt
Kiwanis Club of Coeur d’Alene
Joy Fishley
Amber Hanson
Catherine Donofrio
Joel & Catherine Donofrio
Don Haus
Kary Krieger
Mary Fisher
Bill & Alesa Momerak
Pamela Nordby “Good Dog”
Susan & Glen Garcia
Janette Villagomez
Lacey Breidenbach
Cheyrel Stevenson
Foundation for Protection of Animals-Wendy Haugen
Amy Burky
Denny & Kathryn Davis
Ellen McNeely
Dorothy Hatch
Judith Lyding
Kristine Buchler
William & Janet Crane
Karen Olson
H.D. & Joy Fitzpatrick
Miranda Leverich
Camran Nassiri
Trust and Wealth Dept at Panhandle State Bank
Donna & Richard Lawrence
Jim and Shirley O’Brien
Buy Moore
“Friends of Dave & Ginny Delong
ART FLAGEN
DOUG SCHEDLER
JIM CURTIS
WARREN & LINDA BAKES
KAY NELSON
DOUG OLSON
CLARK LUSK
ED HATTER
SANDY EMERSON
JACK BEEBE
JEANNE EMERSON
ANN SMART
SUSAN AND CHARLIE NIPP
LIDWIN DIRNE
DARILYN DIRCKSEN
JUDY MEYER
KAREN SINES
MURIEL AND BILL STAMPS
BEV MOSS
KRIS WOLD

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Ellen McNeely
Marilyn Montgomery
Gary and Donna Williams
Paulette Farmer
John & Joy Wheaton
Jerry Neff
Richard Jones
Terry Trainer Wright
Nancy Haugen
Kathy Eshoo
Shannon Harrison
Bonnie Warwick
The COEUR Group
Christmas at the Lake
Kathy Taylor

Larry & Joan Leach

Current Status of Dog Park

Robert — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:04:10 +0000

GRAND OPENING & LEASH CUTTING

When:
Monday (Labor Day), September 6, 2010, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Leash cutting ceremony at noon! Bring your dogs!
Where:
Intersection of Atlas Road and Nez Perce Drive, in Coeur d’Alene – Adjacent to Northshire Park.

Hotdogs and beverages will be available.

As of July 9, 2010, here’s what’s been completed.

1. Grading

2. Installation of surrounding fence and double gate.

3. Fencing of small dog area.

4. Irrigation

5. Walkway

6. Benches

7. Trees

8. Hydroseeding

Remaining projects include:

1. Construction of “Paw-Villions”

2. Installing doggie fountains

We look forward to opening with a “leash cutting” over the Labor Day weekend in September, 2010.

Dog Park Construction Has Begun

Robert — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:47:47 +0000

Latest Activity

Grading has been completed and fence posts were installed on June 12, 2010. Fencing mesh will be installed on June 19.

Coordination with the Coeur d’Alene Parks and Recreation Department has led to ground breaking and commencement of construction of the first dog park for Coeur d’Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho as of late May, 2010. This follows completion of our initial funding drive in which, thankfully, we’ve gone over the top. The new dog park site is located adjacent to Northshire Park in Coeur d’Alene at Atlas Road and Nez Perce Drive.

Under the construction schedule now in place, it’s anticipated that we’ll have a “leash cutting” to open the dog park around Labor Day, 2010.

Give Your Dog a Bone

Robert — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:50:55 +0000

YES! I want to give my dog a bone.

(Please see inscription examples below)

Purchase an engraved brass bone as a memorial for your four-legged friend that has made their journey to rainbow bridge or you can honor your faithful companion, champion show dog, agility or obedience winner, child’s best friend, or your four-legged hunting partner.

It’s your choice and your personal message permanently displayed on one of our

Dog Park Paw-villions

Your contribution will help build and maintain dog parks in Kootenai County

THANK YOU!

You get up to 20 spaces per line for two lines to
personalize your message.

Some examples:

Molly & Newman

Goldens Rule!

Buddy Fur-ever

In our Hearts

Cowboy

My Best Friend

YES! I want to give my dog a bone.

You may also purchase a bone by writing your personal message on a piece of paper, stating which park you select for placement, and including it with a check for $30 per bone payable to:

Kootenai County Dog Park Association

Mail to:

Kootenai County Dog Park Association
c/o Dorothy Hatch, Treasurer
P.O. Box 2071
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83816-2071

Our Kootenai County Off Leash Dog Park Donation Wish List

Robert — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:56:22 +0000

Everyone was smiling following a recent meeting of members of Kootenai County Dog Park Association and Doug Eastwood of Coeur d’Alene Parks Department. A closer look at requirements to make the future pooch playground safe, comfortable and attractive for canines and humans alike lowered the cost to just over $19,000 plus volunteer labor. The first estimate to create the dog park just north of Northshire Park on property owned by the school district was over $50,000.

Jon Mueller of Architects West has already donated the conceptual plan for the two acre site. And Coeur Group, a community service group of young professionals, has offered to install the fencing. Boy scouts want to help where they can too.

In addition to valuable guidance and labor contacts, the city parks department will provide the chain link fence fabric left-over from a previous project, as well as trees, benches, K-9 waste station dispensers, and about 1,000 lineal feet of wood chips to create the foot path. Some of the needed fence framing parts will be salvaged from the transfer station’s inventory.

Our Wish List

Key items on the dog park wish list include:

• Hydro-seeding: $6,500
• Two 12 ft gates, three 5 ft gates, miscellaneous fence parts: $3,800
• Irrigation components and labor to install: $3,766
• Four dog waste receptacles: $2,000
• Concrete for walkway and turn-around: $1,000
• Signage: $1,000 (Pledge Received)
• Two K-9 water fountains: $400 (Pledge Received)
• Site surveying and earth moving equipment operators

With the park now within reach, people eager to use the off leash park have been donating cash and the all volunteer task force is asking for more help in acquiring the items on the wish list. All donations to the dog park are tax deductible because the project is being created under the 501(c)(3) charity status of Coeur d’Alene Parks Foundation.

For more information visit KCDogPark.com or call 208-964-5995.

Kootenai County Dog Park Association
Coeur d’Alene, ID
paws@kcdogpark.com

Dog Park Update 4/16/2009

Robert — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:37:03 +0000

There will be a Public Input meeting of the CDA Parks and Recreation Department to be held on Monday, April 20, 2009 in the Community Room at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library at 5:30 P.M.

We urge all dog owners, dog lovers and interested parties to attend at provide support for the dog park.

Dog Park Update 4/6/2009

Robert — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:21:56 +0000

Things are moving along rapidly to bring an off leash dog park for Kootenai County to reality. Here is a brief summary of the latest developments:

1. Site Location: A site has been identified and is supported by Doug Eastwood, Coeur d’Alene Parks Department Director. It’s located just adjacent to Northshire Park at Atlas Road and Nez Perce in Coeur d’Alene.

2. Meetings with City: There have been two sessions with Doug Eastwood and John Mueller (Architects West) in which a proposed layout of the dog park has been tentatively agreed upon. It will consist of two acres, completely fenced with a double gate for entry and exit.

3. City Approval Process: The process to obtain approval from the City of Coeur d’Alene is beginning on April 7, 2009 with a workshop with the Parks and Recreation Board. All who are interested will receive a schedule of public hearings, and we will be asking for maximum attendance and support.

4. Tax Exempt Donations: The Coeur d’Alene Parks Foundation has approved bringing the Kootenai Dog Park Association under it’s umbrella for receiving tax exempt donation for installation and maintenance of the dog park. Please make your donations as instructed on our Donations Page.

Please check this site for further updates as they unfold. Thank you for your support.

» Dog Park

Cherry Hill Dog Park Proposal

Parks Day Celebration, Coeur d’Alene, at Dog Park

Central Bark in Winter

Donor List

Current Status of Dog Park

Dog Park Construction Has Begun

Give Your Dog a Bone

YES! I want to give my dog a bone.

Dog Park Paw-villions

Molly & Newman Goldens Rule!

Buddy Fur-ever

Cowboy My Best Friend

YES! I want to give my dog a bone.

Our Kootenai County Off Leash Dog Park Donation Wish List

Dog Park Update 4/16/2009

Dog Park Update 4/6/2009

Molly & Newman

Goldens Rule!

Cowboy

My Best Friend