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Dog park brings together
people and pups
BY MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
Walking through the chain link gates
into Brook Run Dog Park, it’s easy to see
its a place people care about.
Under the tall canopy of trees, noth
ing appears to be there by accident. Tidy
clumps of monkey grass and logs sur
round benches volunteers assembled
to raise money for the park. Little blue
clean-up bags tied around trees and fenc
es are frequently replenished by a loyal le
gion of volunteers. Homemade wooden
plaques around the perimeter fence hon
or beloved pets.
“We’ve taken good care of it all these
years,” said Laine Sweezey, president of
the Brook Run Dog Park Association.
“We feel very slighted we’re not getting
any credit for that, or any support.”
The dog park, located on nearly four
acres of Dunwoody’s Brook Run Park,
has often been controversial. It is viewed
by some Dunwoody residents as a pun
ishment foisted upon them by former
DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones, a
reminder of the time before Dunwoody
was a city. Others look at the erosion
and compacted soil from years of use as a
threat to the park’s mature trees.
Now, many of the dog park’s regular
patrons are upset about a city of Dun
woody plan to move the dog park to a
different area of Brook Run. Though
the new plan includes bathrooms, wa
ter fountains and shaded seating areas,
dog park regulars are still upset about the
move.
“Moving it and giving us fancy bath
rooms is not going to make it better,” said
regular patron Beth Gantt. “We don’t
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Laine Sweezey, president
of the Brook Run Dog Park
Association, visits the park daily.
want to see it go.”
But city spokesman Bob Mullen said
the decision to move the park was based
on arborists’ studies that showed the trees
were in danger. A 2012 study by Arbor-
guard details severe soil compaction, ex
posed tree roots due to erosion, and
damage from pedestrian traffic and dog
chewing.
“Should the dog park be continuously
used in this way, it can be expected that
within seven to 10 years, all trees in this
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