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Humane Society opens Bark Park
Outdoor play area improves quality of life for shelter dogs
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A crowd gathers inside the Bark Park at the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia during the grand opening in Gainesville, on Friday. The park will offer animals that are up for adoption a place to play and interact with potential owners. - photo by David Barnes
On drizzly Friday evening, the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia opened its new outdoor runs to make the shelter a little more welcoming for its dogs. The Howard Oliver Armstrong Bark Park, named for the three largest donors to the effort to renovate the shelter’s dilapidated dog run, was opened with a ribbon cutting Friday night. “This started out — we were really just hoping, praying to be able to raise $30,000 to do just new fencing,” Executive Director Julie Edwards said before the event.