As TNP mentioned in previous blogs, we would like to see a dog park come to the Norristown. A little over a month ago, council announced a plan to begin planning for a dog park at Bartasch Park right off of Fornance Street.
Yesterday, word began to spread of a contest the municipality has entered to win a grant for the new dog park. The contest is based on number of votes and population size. Norristown has a good chance if we can encourage our neighbors and friends to vote daily.
You may vote twice a day...once online and once on Facebook. Voting is very easy and you don't have to be a resident of Norristown to vote! Meaning, share with your cousins living in California! We need as many votes as possible. As of today, there are 300 cities in the contest so we have a battle ahead of us.
The winner of the contest will receive a grant for $100,000 to improve or build a dog park in their community. This will go a long way for construction, maintenance and insurance in the park. Several other cities will win up to $25,000 in grant funding as well, which also can go a long way for Norristown!
So I encourage you to vote now and every day through the end of the contest. Voting ends on July 10th, and the 15 finalists will be announced on July 17th for the final round of voting. So our first task is to atleast end up in the top 15 for voting so we can advance. I also ask residents to share this contest with the media to help spread the word.
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