Jeff Moravik’s two English cream golden retrievers – Smokey and Bandit – labored up fairly the thirst after working across the newly opened Troeger Dog Park in Sandwich.
Troeger Dog Park is the Sandwich Park District’s first canine park. They had been amongst these on the park on Oct. 5 as a part of a grand opening and ribbon reducing ceremony.
“They love dog parks where they can just run around and play,” stated Moravik, who lives close by in Lake Holiday.
Sandy Brinegar of Newark and her canine Sophie additionally had been having fun with the park.
“It’s nice,” she stated. “It’s big enough and there are lots of other dogs to play with.”
The park is known as in honor of Roberta Troeger, who had labored for the Sandwich Park District and served on the Sandwich Park Board of Commissioners for a complete of 55 years.
Troeger had been on the Park District Board for 30 years and retired from the board final 12 months. Prior to that, she had labored for the district for 25 years.
“We want to say thank you to Bert for all her hard work and dedication,” Sandwich Park District Executive Director Bill Novicki stated to the gang gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “This dog park is being dedicated in Bert’s honor for her years of service and dedication to the community as well as the park and rec industry as a whole.”
Troeger, who’s a canine lover herself, stated she is honored to have the park named after her.
“I’ve had bassets,” she stated. “I love bassett hounds. I see these dogs and they’re so fun. They have a personality all of their own. This is a pet project that I hoped we could have here in Sandwich. It’s a rewarding day to finally see it developed.”
Opening a canine park has been a longtime purpose of the Sandwich Park District.
“I’ve been with the park district for about 16 years and I know they’ve been talking about this even before I was here,” Novicki stated. “I know a lot of residents have been requesting it. We did a big community survey in 2013 and a dog park was third on the list of things the community wanted. The first was a skate park and the second was a splash pad. We’ve already built the skate park and splash pad and now we’ve done the dog park.”
The two-acre Troeger Dog Park is a part of the park district’s Milestone Park, which is among the park district’s bigger parks. The skate park and splash pad are each positioned in Milestone Park.
“When we acquired this land, we knew this was where the dog park was going to go,” Novicki stated.
Troeger Dog Park consists of such facilities as a consuming fountain for dogs, two benches and canine waste stations.
“We have some local businesses that are going to be donating some obstacle course items like ramps and tunnels and things like that for the dogs to play in and run through,” Novicki stated. “A dog memorial area will be added to the dog park probably within the next year or so.”
Troeger Dog Park is open to each residents and non-residents. Registration is required and canine homeowners should present vaccination data for his or her dogs.
The annual cost for the Troeger Dog Park allow is $20 for a resident canine and $30 for a nonresident canine. More info is on the Sandwich Park District’s web site, sandwichparkdistrict.org.
