Dear Neighborhood Association President/Vice President,

Please pass on to your neighbors that the City of Olympia Parks, Arts, and Recreation Department wants to begin a "dogalog" with the community about the feasibility of creating an off-leash dog area in one or more City of Olympia Parks. The public is invited to provide input at a meeting Thursday, March 23, 6:30 PM, at The Olympia Center Rm. A, 222 Columbia NW.

This year the Parks Department and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee plan to prepare a feasibility study to explore the idea of an off-leash dog area.

While there is currently not funding identified in the City budget for implementing an off-leash dog area, City officials felt it was important to explore whether an off-leash dog area would be feasible in one or more parks and what the costs would be.

For more information, contact Jonathon Turlove at Olympia Parks, Arts and Recreation at (360) 753-8068 or jturlove@ci.olympia.wa.us.

Attached please find a flyer for the meeting as well as a survey form that can be filled out by those people not able to attend the meeting. Thanks for spreading the word about this.