Petition circulating: No Dog Park at Ellis Park
A group of Yellow Springs residents are very much opposed to Council’s vote on March 15 to put a dog park at Ellis Park. We feel that this park should be maintained in the natural setting that it is, and not be altered by fences, increased traffic and use. Ellis Pond is home to many wildlife species- blue herons, kingfishers, green herons, wood ducks, orioles, muskrat and of course Canada geese who sometimes raise their families there. It is an easily accessible spot where people, including the elderly and disabled, can escape into the tranquil, calming beauty of nature.
We are not opposed to the idea of a dog park, and would like to see its development at an different location. The two locations we think would be suitable are the old Stutzman’s property or an area directly behind the Bryan Center. These are both village owned properties that have parking and water available, no nearby neighbors, and are walking distance from most areas in town.
If you would like to join us by signing our petition, there are copies of the petition at Starflower Health Food Store, EcoMental, and the Emporium. Additionally if you would like more information, would like to help circulate petitions, or have ideas about other possible locations, please call Vickie 767-3901 or Maureen 767-7640. Thanks.
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Its easy to see why there won't be any new businesses in town. If citizens can't accept a fenced-in area at Ellis Pond, what hope is there they would accept any new building for commerce? Everyone loves a natural area but there is Glen Helen, John Bryan Park and Clifton Gorge. In the next few years YS will become a bedroom community for Wright-Patterson and/or wealthy retirement town like Sun City. AT least I have all those empty areas like the clinic and Verney lots to walk my dog.
The Stutzman's property really should be off the table in this discussion. The village needs to rent that property to a viable business to get income from it. Putting a dog park there will only make it less attractive to potential lessees.
I would love for the folks opposed to the dog park at Ellis Park to explain to me how dogs confined within a fence hundreds of feet from the pond is somehow a worse intrusion on the serenity of the park or the health of the wildlife than unleashed dogs running throughout the park and even into the pond with absolutely no attention paid to cleanup of feces. When you consider the facts of the number of folks already using Ellis for their dogs, there really is no logic in their opposition, only emotion and narrow interests deciding they alone should control public property.
see this is the problem of Yellow springs every little thing that happens in this town has to have controversy to it. if a kid whats to put a fence,let him to it and stop your whining
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