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Dog Park Improvement Project

The Cañon City Area Recreation and Park District has received grant funding to improve the Arkansas Riverwalk Dog Park.  This includes adding a small dog park, widening the walking track, improving signage, adding benches and tables, replacing the agility equipment, and adding other dog park equipment. 

In January the Recreation District parks staff began installing the small dog park, walking track expansion, and new signage.  The week of March 3rd, A to Z Recreation installed the agility equipment and some additional signage.  Boulders  were also added for the dogs to climb on. 

Specific installation dates will be announced on this page.  There might be some periodic closures of the dog park during this process, but our goal is to minimize that disruption.  Any closure will be for safety reasons of our four legged friends.

District crews have packed the crusher fine trail in the large dog park.  There is a chance we will add some additional crusher fines in the wetter areas over the coming weeks.  

The project is nearly complete!   Check out photos of  the project below.

Outdoor dog agility park with hoops, tunnel, and obstacles on a sandy area.
Agility Equipment in the large dog park area
A dog park with agility equipment: ramp, hoops, and poles. Trees in the background, a bench with a person, under clear blue sky.
Agility Equipment in the large dog park area
Sign with dog park rules stands on dirt path; machinery and picnic table in background.
New rules sign
Workers leveling and smoothing freshly poured concrete at a construction site outdoors.
Concrete work for the small dog area
Four workers are spreading and leveling wet concrete from a cement truck chute on a construction site.
Concrete work for the small dog area
A dirt pathway lined with a metal fence on one side and trees on the other, surrounded by sparse grassy areas and distant trees.
Widening the walking path
Outdoor dog agility park with hoops, tunnel, and obstacles on a sandy area.
A dog park with agility equipment: ramp, hoops, and poles. Trees in the background, a bench with a person, under clear blue sky.
Sign with dog park rules stands on dirt path; machinery and picnic table in background.
Workers leveling and smoothing freshly poured concrete at a construction site outdoors.
Four workers are spreading and leveling wet concrete from a cement truck chute on a construction site.
A dirt pathway lined with a metal fence on one side and trees on the other, surrounded by sparse grassy areas and distant trees.

 

Aerial view of a dog park layout with proposed enhancements, including sections for small and large dogs.