Minneapolis Park Watch

In a May 17 story by reporter Tim Harlow, he wrote:

Downtown Minneapolis is going to the dogs, at least 10,000 square feet of Loring Park is.

Work on the new Loring Park Dog Grounds begins tonight with a groundbreaking ceremony at 6 p.m. in the north corner of the park. When it is completed in mid-June, the off-leash area will be the first enclosed off-leash play space for dogs in downtown Minneapolis with two more on the way.

Dog Grounds, the nonprofit formed last year to get the recreational areas built, says the spaces will be similar to "dog runs" in New York City. The organization plans to create play areas in the Elliot Park and North Loop neighborhoods this year.

Read the entire story at the Star Tribune website.

Posted by News junky on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 5:15am. | Permalink | Login to post comments

By Dan Haugen

An off-leash, dog play area in Loring Park received unanimous approval last week from a Park Board committee. Downtown Journal

Posted by Liz Wielinski on Tue, 01/23/2007 - 9:18am. | Permalink | Login to post comments

On Wednesday, January 17, the Minneapolis Park Board will meet to, among other things, finalize plans for an off-leash dog enclosure in Loring Park.

Posted by Kay Hansen on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 8:13pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

A Loring Park area off-leash dog park is a fine idea -- many Loring neighborhood dog owners would benefit from such a park.

Posted by Kay Hansen on Wed, 01/03/2007 - 8:54pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

Some discussion of the proposed dog park in Loring Park can be found at

Posted by webmaster on Wed, 01/03/2007 - 3:46pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

A new blogger named Quietparks takes a look at the plans for a privately-developed dog park in Lorin

Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

By Dan Haugen

Think of the squirrels.

A small group of protesters spoke against a proposed off-leash dog area in Loring Park on behalf of the voiceless population they said would be affected most.

Posted by Arlene Fried on Tue, 12/12/2006 - 6:37pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more