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Waterfront Office Space $2000 PER MONTH Photo by Rocky Grimes Local resident and bird watcher Rocky Grimes captured this photo of orcas when walking on the Elliott Bay Trail last week. The orcas were about one-half mile out, heading south, Grimes wrote.
Off-leash dog park in upper Queen Anne possible under new plan By Jessica Keller Queen Anne & Magnolia News editor
Photo by Jessica Keller Residents let their dogs run free at the lower ballfield at Big Howe Park Friday in Queen Anne. Big Howe Park, or West Queen Anne Playfield, is one of four sites the city will consider as a possible location for a new off-leash dog area. Parks and Recreation will consider the four parks on Queen Anne and 26 others in Seattle this year before deciding.
While dog lovers, parks lovers and community advocates have been frustrated that repeated attempts to have the city Parks and Recreation Department create an off-leash dog park on upper Queen Anne have led nowhere, all may not be lost. Four parks in Queen Anne previously submitted to the city as possible dog park sites are now on a list of 30 throughout Seattle that the parks department will consider before choosing one for a future off-leash dog park. According to city plans, another will be built in West Seattle, and funding set aside for its future dog parks will include design and community outreach for a third one. Don Harper, Queen Anne Community Council member and chair of its Parks Committee, who has submitted multiple applications with the city to consider different sites in upper Queen Anne for an off-leash dog park, has long maintained that upper Queen Anne needs another off-leash dog area if only to preserve the existing parks in the neighborhood. Without one, residents seeking to give their dogs some
exercise close to home will continue to let them roam free in current parks to their detriment. “Dogs are dogs: They’re running around, and they chase the balls and rip up everything, and they’re a bit of an environmental disaster,” Harper said. The four parks in Queen Anne the city will consider are Bhy Kracke Park, Mayfair Park, East Queen Anne Playfield, West Queen Anne Playfield. While Harper said he has no preference for which park the city should choose if Parks staff selects a Queen Anne location, he is familiar with each. Bhy Kracke Park 1215 Fifth Ave. North Harper said Bhy Kracke is a nice park but questions whether it would be suitable unless placed on the upper level of the park, which has a wide grassy area. That area is closest to nearby residences, and Harper suspects residents would not approve of an off-leash area at the park. He said an off-leash area might be possible on the lower section, near Fifth Avenue North, near the play area, but there is a slope. The mid-level
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