Bethesda Dog Park Up for $100,000 Grant

PetSafe is hosting an online contest and the prize is $100,000 to build a PetSafe dog park. Bethesda has an entry in the contest and can be found here.

While Bethesda has the Cabin John Dog Park at 10900 Westlake Drive, it is a contender in the PetSafe competition. Located near the miniature train in Cabin John Regional Park, the half-acre dog park is enclosed with a 6-foot chain link fence, allowing dogs to run and exercise off-leash. The facility is open for use sunrise to sunset except on Tuesdays from 9 to 11 a.m. for weekly park maintenance.

The facility also includes picnic tables, mutt mitt dispensers and water fountains, as well as a larger mulched area with dog play equipment.

Contest Overview

To become a finalist for the Bark for Your Park contest, the PetSafe brand encourages communities of pet professionals, owners, shelters, welfare groups and local civic officials to partner together to help their community win $100,000 to build a PetSafe dog park. The runner-up city in each small, medium and large population category will also win $25,000. The Bark from Your Heart community winner will be the finalist with the highest percentage of votes to the city’s population and will also win $25,000. A community may only win one of the five prizes.

Contest Dates

This contest will end at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on July 22, or upon announcement and qualification of the prize winners, whichever is later. Entries must be submitted by 11:59:59 p.m. ET on June 10.

Click here to view the Bethesda Dog Park entry.

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