Dog parks improve quality of life
Folks in Tulsa are enthusiastic about their new dog park and say it makes a big improvement in the quality of life of residents:
Just one month after opening, the city’s first off-leash dog park — Joe Station Bark Park, located at 2279 Charles Page Blvd. — has been declared a “tremendous success” by officials and park users alike.
Some weekday evenings Joe Station draws up to 100 people, and officials estimate that more than 1,000 visited over Labor Day weekend.
Joe Station is the result of recycling an unused city-owned youth baseball field into what some say is becoming one of the most popular places to go, said Herb Beattie, chairman of the Tulsa Bark Park Task Force.
Beattie, who led an effort to create a dog park, said members of neighborhood associations near Joe Station are pleased with the dog park and think property values will increase in their respective areas.
He said such parks are a quality-of-life issue for cities.
