For close to 18 months now, the city of Mission and private individuals have been researching the feasibility of creating an off-leash dog park in or near the city. Now northeast Johnson County residents are being asked to go to missionks.org and take a short survey on the idea.
The city said a Mission Dog Park Task Force was established in February 2017 and met six times last year. It toured six Kansas City area dog parks and heard from staffers at two other cities that already operate dog parks.
The Friends of the Mission Dog Park organization was formed in February of this year and in April renamed itself “Mission: Dog Park.” The group, which is seeking the survey feedback, describes itself as an organization of northeast Johnson County residents “on a ‘mission’ to locate space for, build and privately fund and maintain” a dog park in Mission or northeast Johnson County.
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