Signs of progress

On Friday June 27 I met once again with Drew & Doug re: the park signs. I turned over the Dog Party money, which did hit the $400.00 mark as we hoped. Drew confirmed that this will purchase 2 signs, which are currently being prepared in the City's sign shop.

The signs will be un-missable with measurements of 18" high and 48" long. They'll be painted white and then have a bone-shaped decal added, along with wording and the "Fields for Fido" logo. The guys might also be able to add some kind of bulletin board material to the back of the signs, so that they can be used for announcements, lost dog ads, etc.

Due to vacations for the regular City crews, Drew estimates that it will be 4-6 weeks before the signs are completed and installed. In the meantime existing signs have been relocated to more visible locations, and new directional signage has been added. These actions seem to have cut down on the number of complaints about dogs running loose in undesignated areas.

The importance of our signage project was emphasized to me when I heard an excellent CBC Radio interview on Friday about the High Park dog poisonings. The main message I took away from the piece was that for dog parks, an understanding of boundaries is essential, especially if there are no physical boundaries like fences. The interview isn't available yet as a podcast, but in the meantime you can hear it at:
http://www.cbc.ca/soundslikecanada/index.html