Ankeny unleashes dog park group to begin plans
An Ankeny-based group is one step closer to bringing a dog park to the city.
The City Council officially recognized the organization last month with the formation of the Ankeny Dog Park Task Force. The move means organizers can begin formally working with the Ankeny Park Board to put together a detailed proposal.
The task force consists of members of the Ankeny Dog Park Initiative, the group that brought the idea to city officials. Ankeny resident Diana Baratta will serve as the liaison between the Ankeny Park Board and the dog park group.
Todd Redenius, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, said the council’s move is the first step in bringing the park to the city.
Redenius said the park board is currently helping the dog park group collect data to decide what features might be needed, what type of land would be best and what the cost might be. Organizers are also studying what has been successful at other dog parks.
Redenius said a dog park is a great project because they are becoming common in Iowa communities and elsewhere.
“We’d like to see one in Ankeny in the future,” he said.
The group will be working over the next few months to put together a proposal for the City Council. Redenius said the biggest issue for the group is time because “these projects don’t move forward that quickly.”
“It’s a relatively long process,” he said. “It won’t be built overnight.”
Jacquie Holm-Smith, president of the Ankeny Dog Park Initiative, originally hoped to have a proposal to city officials this June and have the park ready to open in June 2009.
“It’s a moving target,” Holm-Smith said. “We’re moving as aggressively as we can but these things take time.”
The members of the initiative are dedicated to the project, she said.
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March 29th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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March 29th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Atheism is a religion now ? Is there any religious person who never heard of evolution ? If they are still creationists then it’s their choice. Why not advertise the fact that the Earth is round ? I mean, there must be some people who believe it’s flat and never heard that it’s actually round.
March 29th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
No, it is a simple collatoralized loan. The fed announces an auction, and asks interested parties to tell the fed how much they want, and what interest rate they will pay on it.After 28 days, the full principal and interest is repaid to the fed.
March 29th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
would we wear cool masks?
March 29th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
How do you auction money? Are they selling their stocks the Fed who’ll take on the CDOs at high risk of failure and incur the monetary loss for them?
March 29th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Mmm. “Care” is obviously a mainly British expression, so perhaps it should be substituted for “iike”.And I live in Ireland, so frankly I can’t be arsed.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Reminds me of a joke by an employee that worked at a company that entered bankruptcy: the change in my pocket is worth more than this company. Harharhar.
March 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Most US Americans can’t parse good. Such Like, The Iraq, whomever none withstanding Africa. (Sorry, it just seemed begging for a Miss Teen South Carolina joke to me.)
March 29th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Who knows, maybe we can use a measured internet flash-mob to do something useful. A good site to organise this sort of thing is pledgebank where the ORG (UK version of EFF) got its funding - they got 1000 people to commit to paying £5 per month. How about if everyone committed to paying $10 per month for a year? We would need 140 members to fund one hoarding at $1400 per month. We could recruit designers and discuss the most effective campaign possible. As I said, I am in the UK, so can only only offer funding and opinion. However, this might be an ideal project for reddit.Edit - I suddenly notice that the focus of the billboard that inspired my post was actually aimed primarily at criticising religion. I actually think education in science is more likely to succeed, but lets discuss it.
March 29th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Er.. I’m not sure whether American readers would necessarily parse this question correctly. They might think you’re asking, rather despondently, if anyone cares… correct me if I’m wrong, American redditors!
March 29th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I agree with this, but the larger the scale, the better. The biggest problem with the “evolution vs. creationism” debate is that people don’t know what the word “evolution” means. Evolution did not create the earth, for example.
March 29th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Cool. I’ll get my pellet gun and start plinking your head.
March 29th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
yeah but look on the bright side - compared to the 9 trillion Bush has blown with Iraq and tax cuts for his friends this seems like chump change.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
I’m sorry… but why would you buy a house now… prices are still falling?
March 30th, 2008 at 12:15 am
For goodness sake, of course they do. Under the Term Auction Facility (TAF), the Federal Reserve will auction term funds to depository institutions. All depository institutions that are eligible to borrow under the primary credit program will be eligible to participate in TAF auctions. All advances must be fully collateralized. Each TAF auction will be for a fixed amount, with the rate determined by the auction process (subject to a minimum bid rate).Check out the FAQ to see the elegable collatoral.