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ACC to Discuss Dog Park Plan & Budget

Karen Goveia
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anthem dog park site
The site of Anthem’s dog park along Meridian Drive. Image courtesy ACC

As Anthem’s dog park project moves forward, Anthem Community Council announced at its August meeting the selection of a design-build team. Valley Rain Construction, specialists in building dog parks and other parks in the Valley for 40 years, was selected as the contractor to work with the design firm EPG Planning and Landscape Architecture.

At the monthly ACC meeting Sept. 26, a more detailed rendering of the draft concept plan will be presented for public discussion. A preliminary cost estimate is also expected, ACC Community Executive Officer Neal Shearer said at the Aug. 22 board meeting.

However, it won’t be until January when the board approves a guaranteed max price to build the park, to be located along Meridian Drive, east of St. Rose church and Merrill Gardens. The project is expected to be completed in late 2019.

Be Heard
 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26
 Anthem Civic Building
 3701 W. Anthem Way
 Info NoPhoNews.com/anthem-dog-park-site

meridian dog park map
The site along Meridian Drive, with Merrill Gardens to the west, and Desert Hills Drive to the south.
Karen Goveia
NoPho resident Karen Goveia joined In&Out Publications in 2009 and is managing editor. Goveia is a Chicagoland native with two decades of experience in the news industry, starting as a reporter for a chain of weekly papers serving Chicago’s suburbs and later serving as managing editor within the chain.

Karen Goveia

NoPho resident Karen Goveia joined In&Out Publications in 2009 and is managing editor. Goveia is a Chicagoland native with two decades of experience in the news industry, starting as a reporter for a chain of weekly papers serving Chicago’s suburbs and later serving as managing editor within the chain.

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