Norm and Nellie Byrd
Off-Leash Dog Park

When you get a chance check out our new off-leash Dog Park located within Sherman Park. It is such a beautiful setting and will be great fun for both the 2 legged visitors and our 4-legged furry friends. There is still a lot to do to make it the best off-leash dog park in the area.

There is plenty of parking just west of the Humane Society and the folks there are more than excited about having a completely fenced dog park so convenient to them. They will help by volunteering to show dog owners the rules of the park and make sure that everyone picks up after their dog. Hopefully everyone makes sure their dog is social and not aggressive to other dogs or people.

Best Darn Dog Park Grand Opening Ever

The Grand opening of the Norm and Nellie Byrd Off-Leash Dog Park was on Saturday, May 22, 2010, where  prizes were raffled off, and people socialized, along with their pets.  A count of 40 dogs were in the park at one time and at least 75 dogs came and left during the 2 hour celebration.

Jeff welcomed the crowd on May 22...	...and the crowd listened!	Sometimes there were "Words"...
...but mostly there was playing....	...and running ...but mainly just playing!

If you are interested in helping maintain or improve the off leash dog park please become a member of the Greenway and let us know how you would like to help improve it.

Legacy Stones

Pavers are now available. They will be placed in the Sally Port where you can immortalize your canine friend on one of the pavers. The cost will help maintain the dog park. Two lines with 28 spaces per line (including blanks) buys you almost 14 characters per line depending on spaces.  You can get your dog’s legacy stone engraved and set in mortar at the entrance to our beautiful new off leach Dog Park on the Yakima Greenway. The cost is $60 for Yakima Greenway Members, and $75 for non-members. To place your request please call 509.453.8280 or contact jeff@yakimagreenway.org

We have added signage that recommends that young children are not safe and are not to be brought into the dog park. The park is to be used at the dog owners own risk.

There are also benches and a foot bridge. The park can be expanded in the future as well with a fund raising campaign. We will also have an official rededication of the Norm and Nellie Byrd Dog Park since the fencing that was used to make the original dog park down by Rotary Lake Parking Lot was created from donations by Norm and Nellie Byrd. We used most of the fencing even though it was laid down by the water during the flood last January. Parks like these often cost $30-50,000 of the cities tax dollars to build, not to mention the cost to maintain. And here the Greenway will provide a quality off-leash dog park to our community for free.

If you are a dog owner you should become a member of the Greenway just to support the dog park. Please call our office if you are willing to volunteer and help this awesome park become even better.

Please call the Greenway if you are interested in helping volunteer some time to make this off leash Dog Park a success.