Dog Park Gaining Steam in $100K Contest

Doylestown is building momentum, but still has a ways to go to catch the front runners in a national contest that could net $100,000 to build a local dog park.

The Friends of the Doylestown Dog Park that they were entering a contest sponsored by pet product manufacturer PetSafe. At the time, they had only about 12 comments logged in support of the community.

But spreading the word is doing the trick.

As of Monday afternoon, Doylestown was up to 50 comments.

Attleboro, MA, meanwhile, had 182 comments, Blufton, SC, had 61, and Corpus Christi, TX, had 250.

People may submit one vote per person, per day. To add your support for Doylestown, click here.

The comment portion of the contest ends at 5 p.m. eastern time on Wednesday, June 1.

Here's what local people are saying:

Pat R.: "I've lived in Doylestown for over thirty years and have waited for this day! We are so excited to have a dog park and as a volunteer with the planning committee, I know how awesome it's going to be!! I've never seen people work so hard to make an idea happen."

Kimberly: "We have lived in a town with a dogpark before and would go several tmes a week! If I know the patrons of D-town and the surrounding areas, We will definately get some good use of it!"

Aggie: "Doylestown is a great place, but many of our homes do not have the room for our loving pets to run. What a wonderful addition a Dog Park would be to our 4-legged "children." We have "Kids Kastle." Let's have a "Doggie Domain!""

Karralee B: "It would be nice to finally be able to take Jet (my dog) so he can run around and play without being on a leash. We've been to CO, and CA and have greatly enjoyed their parks. It's time we have one! There are def enough dogs around here to enjoy it!"