Our Mission
Friends of San Luis Obispo City Dog Parks (Friends) is working with the City of San Luis Obispo, and other interested parties, to create and maintain safe, clean, off-leash enclosed dog parks within the City of San Luis Obispo. Such facilities will promote social and recreational opportunities for the citizens of San Luis Obispo and their canine companions. Our efforts are paying off as the City is scheduled to construct three enclosed dog parks in 2024 at Laguna Lake Park, Emerson Park, and the new Righetti Park. (click on specific park for latest update)
Fundraising will continue to be a part of our primary goal. It is unclear at this time if all amenities will be installed during initial construction, due to limited funding. All monies raised by Friends will go towards such amenities.
Another component of our mission will be education. We strongly believe that an important element towards the success of any dog park is to ‘know when to go’ and protocols to follow at the park. There are circumstances when you might not want to take your furry friend to the dog park. Click here for information on this subject.
And then we have our important volunteers. Once our new dog parks are built, we will recruit for park ambassadors to help City staff on regular maintenance. Click here if you want to know more about volunteering and getting on a future volunteering list.
Upcoming Events
Currently, Friends has no scheduled fundraising or special events. However, stay tuned if full funding is not provided for the 2024 dog parks!
Get Involved
There are several ways to get involved in this worthy cause, as follows:
1. Become a Member of our Meta/Facebook working group (Friends of SLO City Dog Parks) at Friends of SLO City Dog Parks | Facebook. Here we keep our members updated on the latest news as well as ‘calls to action’ if we think letters to or attendance at certain public meetings will help get our point across.
2. Volunteer – while we do not yet have a park to maintain, click here to request to get on the list so we can hit the ground running when they are built next year.
3. Donate – Any monies donated will go towards those important amenities that were not included in the original construction work. Click on https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RYP673WH4XZHU
for donations or visit our webstore for products at Friends of SLO City Dog Parks.
About Us
We are a seven-member Board (one vacancy currently), as follows:
John McKenzie, President
Brian Reynolds, Vice-President
Kelly Heffernon, Treasurer
Jennifer Dobbe, Member-at-Large
Drew Neilsen, Member-at-Large
Lisa O’Brien, Member-at-Large
Contact Us
For questions or comments, please contact John at johnnimac123@gmail.com
Or write us at:
Friends of SLO City Dog Parks , PO Box 15604, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
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