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11th & Bark was formed to make the Columbia Heights Dog Park an official city off-leash dog park. In 2018, we have the opportunity to do that. 

But we need your help.

 
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Save the Park

The Columbia Heights Dog Park is located on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) property and WMATA may sell the land. We worked with Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau to ensure that that the District included funds in its FY2019 budget to purchase the property and save the dog park.

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Improve the Park

The Columbia Heights Dog Park is in need of a lot of TLC. 11th & Bark continues to organize clean-up days, but we also want to make significant improvements to the space once the District purchases the land.

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This is Albie, as in Professor Albus Dumbledore. Yes, another great dog name! Stick expert who cannot live without his daily dose of dog park. He tricks his pawrents and then drags them to the park if needed. You go Albie! 🐾🐾🐾 #cohidogpark #greenspace Zazu. Zazu. Zazu. We just ❤ saying his name. This cutie came to #11thandBark all the way from Oman through a DC rescue. Another #bestears contender for sure. He is just 4 months old so will soon be towering over all of us! #adoptdontshop Little Kingston made #11thandBark his first dog park visit and his first DC adventure. Of course. He held his own and wrestled and snuggled. Please come back soon! Thanks for all who came out for our quarterly cleanup! The weather gods were definitely on our side. Under the supervision of some of our furry friends we picked up trash and dog poop in the park and surrounding streets. Who knew there could be this many cigarette butts and empty water bottles!?! #greatcohicleanup #adoptdontshop #CleanCityDC. @mfg3 @eva_guenther @prettyboymontego Join us this afternoon for the Quarterly Dog Park Clean-up. We are joining forces with The Great CoHi Clean-up the second year in a row. So yes, it is a two-for-one. Furry friends of course welcome. We provide gloves, garbage bags and tools! Back to cool dog names (yes all dog names are great). This one of the literary kind, meet Harper Lee. She was a tiny stray in Mississippi where she was picked up by a Pittsburgh dog rescue and connected with her pawrents. This 2-year old beauty is a Bluetick Coonhound mix and ducks should watch out as she will hunt them if given the chance 🐾 #adoptdontshop #11thandBark #cohidogpark Another possible winner for "best ears" at a future dog park contest. Meet Zero named after the dog in The Nightmare Before Christmas. Although he is also his parents first dog so could be "dog zero". Zero was picked up in Southern Virginia and probably never had a home until he was adopted through @operationpawsforhomes . She is 10 month old and a Shepherd mix of sorts. We are all glad this cutie will now be a regular at the park. #11thandBark #adoptdontshop @iwouldwalk500miles_dc , Luna and Silver on their best behavior for treats sponsored by #CommunityWellness at #MardiPaws today. #cohidogpark #11thandBark Out of town cutie Raven at #MardiPaws today. A rescue dog from Lousiana who now lives her best life in CT. She came with the name Raven so we assume her previous life was with an Edgar Allen Poe lover. Or bird lover. Or football lover. #nevertravelwithoutdogcostume #columbiaheightsdogpark Join us for the annual #MardiPaws celebration at #11thandBark this Saturday, March 8th from 11am to 1pm. Our neighborhood friends and neighbors from the Community Wellness Alliance and the North Columbia Heights Civic Association are organizing it like in past years and we are forever grateful for our other sponsors @vivathelifedc and Encounter Church DC. Bring an item for furry friends at the @humanerescue . Hello Millie! This 10 month old Boston Terrier comes to #11thandBark to play fetch. She broke her leg at 3 months but nevertheless still runs after the ball. Say hello to this little trooper next time you see her. It's official! We adopted the two street blocks the dog park is on last year as part of @mayor_bowser #CleanCityDC initiative. Yes, we all have been keeping the dog park and surrounding streets clean for many years and we thought this was a great way to highlight to the neighborhood that we are good citizens and are doing our part by joining the program.. Being part of #adoptablock also gets us supplies and trash and recyclable pick-up for our Quarterly Clean-ups which helps!. The signs just went up. Looking good! Keep your eyes open on the #11thandBark social media and listserv for our next Quarterly Clean-up and other opportunities to get involved! #cohidogpark Meet Basia @basiasaluki ! Another international rescue in our fair #cohidogpark. She is a #saluki mix and hails from Abu Dabi and found her furever home when she was 1 year old. She is now 3 years old and joins the #lovestorun club at the dog park. Fun fact, she learned about squirrels once she moved to the US. #11thandBark #adoptdontshop #cohidogpark Fun and games in the snow at #cohidogpark. @mfg3 #snurlough What a year 2018 has been! We would be remiss if we did not look back at all the big and small #11thandBark events and activities over the past 12 months and thank everybody for their support. Of course the biggest accomplishment of all was our fight for #savethecohidogpark which resulted in the city including the purchase of the park in the FY19 budget. All of our advocacy - signatures, social media, post cards... - and the support of @briannefordc contributed to the success. Thank you! We kept the park organized through quarterly park clean ups and officially adopting the two blocks around the park as part of #CleanCityDC. Almost 100 bags of trash and yard waste, reducing the park "lagoon" and other nuisance. Thank you to helping hands and tools! We also had fun and started new traditions. We had three dog costume contests - from the annual "Mardi Paws" in February and the Halloween party with @ColumbiaHeightsCivicAssoc to the new one part of #ColumbiaHeightsDay organized by @districtbridges - and brought Santa to @districtdog since all of our furry friends are more nice than naughty! We had dog park happy hours at @maple_dc @thewonderlanddc @thecoupedc and remembered furry friends who passed by joining the #diadelosmuertos celebration organized by @petworthartsdc. Wow, we made all of this happen. Together. Thank you for everybody's support and we are looking forward to continue our work together to improve the park in 2019. Happy New Year. @mayor_bowser More proof that all neighborhood dogs are "nice" from last weekend when Santa dropped by. Some dogs loved meeting Santa more than others! 🐾 Santa stopped by the neighborhood last weekend and declared all dogs "nice" and worthy of treats and toys for the rest of the year. Thanks to @districtdog for hosting us! #11thandBark Thanks to all of you who came out for the quarterly dog park clean-up today. We were super productive in the park and the surrounding streets under the supervision of dogs: dug a hole and cut rebar that stuck out, collected 17 (!) bags of trash and leaves, fixed mesh on fence ... and enjoyed some hot cider! We also hung up a cool banner we got from #CleanCityDC reminding us what do with that #2.... #trashfreedc Find out if your dog made Santa's naughty or nice list. Join your human and dog friends at @districtdog on Sunday afternoon (2-4) and take a photo of your furry friend cuddling with Santa. There is a sign-up link on the #11thandBark website (www.11thandBark.org) to limit wait time. Should be fun! Suggested $10 to #11thandBark to support dog park maintenance. We will also accept "in kind" donations for the Washington @humanerescue . Anything a pet would enjoy, food, treats, toys and gently used collars, leashes, blankets, towels etc. Join us for the quarterly cleanup of the #cohidogpark on Saturday, December 8 2018 from 10 to 11:30pm. Shovels, rakes, gloves and trash bags provided. And a hot beverage!