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PetSafe Announces 25 Grant Recipients for Bark for Your Park 

Pet Age Staff//October 6, 2016//

PetSafe Announces 25 Grant Recipients for Bark for Your Park 

Pet Age Staff //October 6, 2016//

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PetSafe Brand has announced the 25 recipients of this year’s Bark for Your Park grant-giving program.

PetSafe Brand developed and launched the nationwide Bark for Your Park program in 2011 to help communities build their own off-leash dog parks. In order to help even more communities make their dog park dreams come true this year, PetSafe Brand restructured the contest into a grant-giving program and increased the number of awards from five to 25.

“After witnessing the impact the PetSafe Bark for Your Park program has had over the last five years, we wanted to expand our reach and help even more communities nationwide,” said Willie Wallace, CEO of Radio Systems Corporation, makers of the PetSafe Brand. “By increasing the number of grants awarded, we’re able to not only help communities looking to build new dog parks, but also provide assistance to communities that need help maintaining or improving existing dog parks.”

PetSafe Brand received 182 applications for dog park grants this year and selected five communities to receive $25,000 awards for new dog parks, 10 communities to receive $10,000 park upgrade awards and 10 communities to receive $5,000 park maintenance awards. This year’s grant recipients received a combination of funds as well as commercial-grade dog park equipment from UltraSite, a PlayCore Company. UltraSite provides attractive agility obstacles made specifically for dog parks that bring pets and their families together to exercise, socialize and enjoy nature.

The award recipients for the 2016 PetSafe Bark for Your Park program include:

New Park Awards Park Upgrade Awards Park Maintenance Awards
Emeryville, Calif. Bozeman, Mont. Union City, Calif.
Friendswood, Texas Bremerton, Wash. Cottage Grove, Ore.
Muskegon, Mich. Santa Fe, N.M. Yuma, Ariz.
Durham, N.C. Bedford, Texas Brenham, Texas
Boston, Mass. Aurora, Ill. Columbus, Ohio
  Cottage Grove, Minn. Lakewood, Ohio
  Bristol, Va. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
  Alexandria, Va. Sanford, Maine
  Guilford, Conn. Provincetown, Mass.
  Medford, N.J. Owego, N.Y.

For more information about the Bark for Your Park program, visit www.petsafe.net/barkforyourpark.