Braddock Dogs has now collected $10,115.98 in donations! We will be submitting an application for the Mastenbrook Grant shortly, which will match up to $10,000 of our donations. Now that we have reached this milestone, we can request the full matching amount, but we'd like to raise an additional $5,000. Please help!

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Update on the Monticello Park Off-Leash Dog Area (OLDA) and Events

Hello Braddock Dogs Members,
 
I want to thank you all for your diligent support! Braddock Dogs has now collected $10,115.98 in donations! We will be submitting an application for the Mastenbrook Grant shortly, which will match up to $10,000 of our donations. Now that we have reached this milestone, we can request the full matching amount.
 
What happens next:
 
We hope that Braddock Dogs will receive the full amount requested from the grant. Once we hear back about the grant, we will request to speak in front of the Park Authority Board of Directors. Monticello Park is not scheduled to recieve bond money for development of the park until 2016. We plan to request an interim use permit that would allow us to put up a fence so the off-leash dog area is usable before 2016. There is precedent for allowing interim use, but it will still help to have a show of numbers present, to demonstrate support for the permit. In the meantime, we will need to raise another $5,000 to meet the rest of our sponsor obligation by 2016.
 
Please stay tuned for details about the grant and the date we hope to brief the Park Authority Board. We appreciate everything you have done.
 
I would also like to take this opportunity to inform you of a sad event. Our neighbor Russ Rosen passed away in late December. For those of you who did not know him, Russ was the initial driving force behind the Monticello OLDA back in 2007. It was Russ who first got a group of neighbors together to approach the Park Authority about this project, and he worked diligently with several other members to get it approved for development. His effort on this project is greatly appreciated by all of us and he will be missed. Please keep the Rosen family in your thoughts.
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Erin Mays
Braddock Dogs Association, President