http://southloopdogpac.org Support your local dog parks! Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:55:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/07/support-your-local-dog-park-party-at-krolls/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/07/support-your-local-dog-park-party-at-krolls/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:55:33 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1434 © 2010, South Loop Dog Park Action Cooperative. All rights reserved. ]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/07/support-your-local-dog-park-party-at-krolls/feed/ 0 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/07/mondog-has-a-new-website/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/07/mondog-has-a-new-website/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:09:12 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1428 You all should check out the new website for MonDog, the organization that maintains the Montrose Dog Beach. There’s a lot of good info on the site (we’ve already linked to their nice explication of the DFA rules).  Give them some support! © 2010, South Loop Dog Park Action Cooperative. All rights reserved. ]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/07/mondog-has-a-new-website/feed/ 0 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/06/why-are-chicago-dfas-hard-surfaced/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/06/why-are-chicago-dfas-hard-surfaced/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:52:55 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1391 One of the two most common questions that people bring up is – “Why is the Grant Bark Park surfaced with asphalt?“.* A reasonable question.  The last thing I think any of us would propose de novo is to build an off-leash dog park that looks like the parking lot at your local mall: The [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/06/why-are-chicago-dfas-hard-surfaced/feed/ 1 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/06/our-new-facebook-page-2/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/06/our-new-facebook-page-2/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:22:23 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1370 The South Loop Dog PAC has a new Facebook page. Facebook users – ‘Like’ our Page and become a ‘fan’ and you’ll get updates from our (website) Blog, our (twitter) Tweets, and our (facebook) Wall sent directly to your Facebook home! We’ll be retiring the old Facebook ‘Group’ soon! © 2010, South Loop Dog Park Action Cooperative. All rights reserved. [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/06/our-new-facebook-page-2/feed/ 0 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/sldogpac-at-bark-in-the-park/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/sldogpac-at-bark-in-the-park/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 00:37:33 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1308 On May 1st,  South Loop Dog PAC coordinated with representatives of two other Chicago ‘Dog “Friendly Area’ committees, Puptown and Churchill Park, to represent Chicago dog area committees at Bark in the Park.  Some pictures from the event: This seemed like a useful exercise, but we didn’t sell much, if anything.  A bunch of people took membership information from the parks [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/sldogpac-at-bark-in-the-park/feed/ 1 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/we-cleaned-up-coliseum-park-dog-run/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/we-cleaned-up-coliseum-park-dog-run/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 22:38:30 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1292 Thanks to Stephanie, Janet, Pam, Doug, & Katie from Soggy Paws for their help with the cleanup of Coliseum Park Dog Run on Saturday May 8th. We made a couple of improvements to the gravel containment, both on a trial basis.  Window screening was installed along the fence at the north end of the park: And, plastic [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/we-cleaned-up-coliseum-park-dog-run/feed/ 1 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/dogone-fun-thanks-for-the-shout-out/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/dogone-fun-thanks-for-the-shout-out/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:38:59 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1280 The May newsletter from our new business member Dogone Fun! includes a nice shout-out for the SLDogPAC. Thanks y’all! But I gotta say, we wish it only cost ” a minimum of $400 per year to maintain” the parks  It’s more like $4000 + !  And like you point out, that money does [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/dogone-fun-thanks-for-the-shout-out/feed/ 0 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/coliseum-park-dog-run-cleanup-5-8-10/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/coliseum-park-dog-run-cleanup-5-8-10/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 18:17:03 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1275 We’re planning a Spring Cleanup at Coliseum Park for this Saturday May 8th, at 8 AM. Here’s the proposed task list: a)    General Pick up poo Restock bag dispenser General sweeping & trash Trash in EL support ‘pockets’ Rake pea gravel Gravel shoveling back to gravel areas Powerwash hard surfaces Powerwash gravel Install fencing fabric Block off area around drain Resurface area around north drain Fencing spot repairs (e.g. [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/05/coliseum-park-dog-run-cleanup-5-8-10/feed/ 1 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/03/when-do-they-turn-on-the-water-in-grant-bark-park/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/03/when-do-they-turn-on-the-water-in-grant-bark-park/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:10:36 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1240 It’s spring, there’s no water in the park… When will it be turned on? The best we know is this, from Janis Taylor of the Park District: I’ll check and get back to you but it is usually the first few weeks of April… 1st or 2nd week in April was the response. Janis © 2010, South Loop Dog [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/03/when-do-they-turn-on-the-water-in-grant-bark-park/feed/ 3 http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/01/dogs-shocked-in-chicago/ http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/01/dogs-shocked-in-chicago/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:25:53 +0000 sldogpac http://southloopdogpac.org/?p=1076 There’s a report that last week two dogs were shocked in Chicago.  This time of year can be particularly dangerous – recall that in February 2007 a dog was electrocuted in Grant Park – so be careful out there.  The SLDogPAC would like to hear about any incidents and has put this issue on its [...]]]> http://southloopdogpac.org/2010/01/dogs-shocked-in-chicago/feed/ 0