The Dog Park Focus Group meeting scheduled for April 16th, 2:00pm, at the Savannah Center will eventually make recommendations to the Amenity Authority Committee as to whether we need more dog parks in The Villages or not. Currently there is a group who will not accept anything smaller than a "5 STAR" dog facility; an enclosed building with air conditioning; swimming pools; agility fields, etc. RDOG objects to this. Doggy Doo Run Run, with its 15 acres, can more than easily support the activities of these other groups and is located central to The Villages on CR 101 just north of SR 466.
The Responsible Dog Owners Group (RDOG) simply want, at a minimum, two more parks, similar in size to Paradise Dog Park where we can take our companions to socialize with other dogs. We would like to see these parks built on land currently owned by the Districts within close proximity to water, emergency services, bathroom facilities and phone service, again, similar to the Paradise Dog Park. Our recommendation is have a park in The Villages of Marion County and in Sumter County. These parks would be within an 8 mile distance of each other triangularly placed in and around The Villages. We have already established an Ambassador's Group of volunteers who will oversee the parks' rules. We are soliciting the dog owners and non-dog owners in The Villages to join us in resolving this much discussed issue.
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