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'Bark Your Park' Could Bring Chatham $100K for Dog Park
Online voting competition has more than 300 towns nationwide vying for five different monetary prizes.
Chatham is considered a safe community and offers some of the best schools in the state.
But it’s missing one thing.
A dog park.
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That’s why it has been nominated for PetSafe’s Bark For Your Park this year and is now in the running for $100,000 to put toward building a dog park in town.
Voting runs from May 13 to June 10, with finalists announced on June 17.
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More than 300 communities were nominated in the first 24 hours, according petsafe.net.
The runner-up in each small, medium, and large population category will receive $25,000, the organization said. In addition, 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.
Finalists will be voted on from June 17 to July 22, with all winners announced on July 31.
Find out more and how to vote for Chatham here.
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