Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Bark for a Park committee held its second fundraiser for an Oak Forest Dog Park at Oak Forest Community Center, Wednesday, Nov. 2.
The Oak Forest community proved it's not too ruff to show its support for a dog park. The Bark for a Park committee and its leader Ald. Laura Clemons (1st Ward) hosted a Nov. 2 all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner to raise funds for Oak Forest's own dog park. Volunteers served dinner and raffled off prizes throughout the night at the Oak Forest Community Center. For a $10 ticket, guests received: salad, all-you-can-eat pasta, garlic bread, dessert and soft drinks or water. The event brought in $1,170 from the raffle baskets and dog crate prize. Roughly 110 people bought tickets at the door ($1,100), and pre-event sales at about $1,190. Clemons estimates they served about 300 people total. "We were thrilled to see so many families and their …
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Leashes in hand, residents brought their dogs out for the city's first dog park fundraiser.
More than 300 dogs and their owners came out Saturday for a dog park fundraiser in Oak Forest, where breeds big and small enjoyed an afternoon of baths, biscuits and pooch pedicures. Residents—including Mayor Hank Kuspa and Ald. Laura Clemons (1st Ward), who proposed the dog park in late June—lined the Oak Forest Fire Department garage on 15440 S Central Ave. Baths were $10 per dog, and nail clippings were $5. “They're thrilled and very supportive,” Clemons said of the residents who came out. “They're doing whatever they can to support the cause.” The turnout was better than expected. Clemons and volunteers collected more than $2,000 in donations from the fundraiser, making Saturday's the first big deposit for the proposed $10,000 dog park…
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Across the country, dog parks are growing in popularity. In Oak Forest, though, the idea is still on a leash.
Dog owners from the City of Oak Forest left their furry friends at home last night. Instead, they brought their concerns to a public forum for a proposed one- to two-acre dog park at the corner of 165th Street and Knottingwood Avenue, near the Oak Forest Hospital. Spearheaded by Ald. Laura Clemons (1st Ward), who owns three dogs, the volunteer-run dog park would stand as a social meeting ground, not unlike a community pool, basketball court or skate park. The major difference from public areas, Clemons explained, is that funding for the park will not come from Oak Forest property taxes. “This meeting is a fact-finding mission,” Clemons stressed to residents on both sides of the aisle. “I want to assure the people who aren't so keen [on the…
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Lauren Traut
10:50 am on Friday, November 4, 2011
Hi, Veruka, I'm sorry you didn't know about the event, and I understand you're disappointed you missed it. Can I make a suggestion? Bookmark Oak Forest Patch, and check back frequently. We've been following the dog park process from the very first meeting, and we plan to continue. Also, you can find Bark for a Park on Facebook (if you're a user), where the committee publishes notice of each … more ›