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    A group of dog owners in the South Bronx want to build a dog run park in St. Mary's Park. They have received a $1,500 grant from the city and are aiming to raise $7,500 for the costs. They hope to fence off a 60 by 40 foot area for large and small dogs with benches. The Parks Department supports the plan and the group plans to have the park open by June 1 if they raise the funds in 30 days.

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    A group of dog owners in the South Bronx want to build a dog run park in St. Mary's Park. They have received a $1,500 grant from the city and are aiming to raise $7,500 for the costs. They hope to fence off a 60 by 40 foot area for large and small dogs with benches. The Parks Department supports the plan and the group plans to have the park open by June 1 if they raise the funds in 30 days.

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    Potential Bronx Run Offer South Dog Could

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    A group of dog owners in the South Bronx want to build a dog run park in St. Mary's Park. They have received a $1,500 grant from the city and are aiming to raise $7,500 for the costs. They hope to fence off a 60 by 40 foot area for large and small dogs with benches. The Parks Department supports the plan and the group plans to have the park open by June 1 if they raise the funds in 30 days.

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    A GROUP of SouthBronxdogownersis lookingfor a
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    The South Bronx Dog Park Associationwants to : . - *
    builda dogrun in the southwest cornerof St.Mary's
    Park,boundedby 149thSt. and St Ann'sAve.
    The group, which has the blessingof local
    CommunityBoard 1, met with a city Parks
    Department officiallastweekat the park.
    Thegrouphopesto cordonoff a 60-by-40-foot area
    - dividedinto runsfor largeand smalldogs- with
    benches for the dogs'owners.
    'This is a very centralizedlocation,'said Jason
    Ortiz, a memberof the association and owner of
    Anja,an 8-year-old Rottweiler-German shepherdmix.
    Theassociation has receiveda $1,500grantfrom
    the city andhasa goalof raising$7,500 to coverthe
    costof buildingthe dogrun.
    Ortiz said that besides smaller fund-raising
    projects,the grouphopesto find a corporatespon-
    sor."Therehas neverbeena placefor peopleto ex-
    ercisetheirdogsandwe wantto meetthat need,"he
    added."lt's a socialthingthat'smissingfor the dogs
    rightnow."
    Ortiz said that the associationolans to hire
    trainersto givetips to dogownersoncethe dogpark
    is completed.
    "lt'll be a centralplacewherewe can meet dog
    walkersand dog sitters, becausethere isn't any
    placefor that either."
    The ParksDepartment is on boardwith the plan,
    and has"beenverysupportive," saidOrtiz.Theasso-
    ciation,in conjunction with the department, picked
    the locationof the futurerun and crafteda prelimi-
    naryplanfor its dimensions.
    "We'rehappyto reviewa proposal,whichat the
    end of the meetingthey said they wouldprepare,"
    said JesslynMoser,a Parksspokeswoman. "We're
    alwayshappyto work with the communityif it's
    somethingit's interestedin. But the meetingwas
    preliminary."
    The departmenthastold the association that if it
    raisesthe moneyin the next30 days,it canbuildand
    openthe parkby June1.
    Anyoneinterestedin contributing to the dog park
    effort,or in joiningthe association shoulde-mailsb-
    dogpark@gmail.com, or join the Facebook pagefor
    the SouthBronxDogParkAssociation.
    Thereare morethana dozencity-rundogparksin
    the Bronx.For more information,visit the Parks
    DepartmentWeb site, at www.nycgovparks.org or
    call311. lason Oiiiz and hb &year-old cenmn rhcpherd-noftwelhr nix, Anftl ale hoplng dog
    mjaccarino@nydaiIynews.com run In Sout'hBrcnx bccome rGality. Photoby VictorChu

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