8 Establishing a Dog Park OK, you’ve gathered your resources.Where do you go from here? Create a proposal. Your well-prepared presentation will include your mission statement and goals, and should address issues such as location, funding, maintenance and enforcement. Committee members will be expected to establish and enforce reasonable health and safety rules for the park, and these should be included in the proposal as well. Suggestions for these guidelines can be found in the “Rules and Regulations” section of this brochure. A good proposal will also do the following: Demonstrate need. Do this by gathering statistics on the dogs and the people in your community. • How many dogs would use a dog park? • What are the demographics of the people in your city? • Who currently uses city parks – and who doesn’t? Downplay the “dog factor” and emphasize people issues. Dogs don’t pay taxes or vote.
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