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Ditch Goes To The Dogs
Turning nothing into something

By Tammy York

 

Instead of having an ugly drainage basin collecting water from the new highway, which was proposed by the Arizona Department of Transportation, community planners in Gilbert, Ariz., decided to make the most of the 16 acres by creating CosmoDogPark.



The idea-to-development task was assigned to Tami Ryall, assistant town manager. “The land was free, and we did our design before the freeway design,” she explains. “So we saved money by having the park excavated when the freeway was excavated.” System development fees then paid for the features and improvements, such as trees, landscaping and restrooms.

 

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