The Deep Ellum Dog Park

For more than ten years, Downtown Dallas and its neighbors Deep Ellum and Uptown have been undergoing a transformation of spirit and people.

For years, hundreds of thousands of office workers only saw the downtown as a place to drive to in the morning, get the job done and rerturn to their surburban homes as quickly as possible.

But farsighted developers have brought Downtown Dallas back to life and opened it up to a new style of urban pioneers... people who want to live and work in an exciting urban environment.

Quoting from a Wikipedia entry about Downtown Dallas...

Though it has been likened to a glorified office park with no cultural character, the area is undergoing a transition as dozens of residential conversions and new high rise condos bring more 24/7 residents to the downtown area.

Its redeveloped Main Street has recently become the place for Dallasites to play after several restaurants, hotels, and residential towers opened their doors along the strip. Downtown's growth can partially be attributed to DART's two (soon to be four) light-rail transitlines and the one commuter line that run through Downtown and an aggressive stance taken by the city to drive development at all costs.

The City of Dallas has spent $160 million of public funds in downtown Dallas for residential development that attracted $650 million of private investment.

Two of the first new-construction office building projects downtown in over 20 years broke ground in 2005—One Arts Plaza, a mixed use office, retail, residential development in the Arts District will be the new home of 7-Eleven’s headquarters; and the Hunt Consolidated office building.

And as people move into the downtown area, they are bringing along all their valuable belongings, and of course, dogs. Lots and lots of dogs.

There were few places for residents to walk their dogs on downtown streets, and even few places for them to exercise and play rough.

It was important that these new urban residents have a place for exercising their dogs, enjoying the weather, and just having fun.

With the nearest big city park nearly three miles away, location was extremely important.

That's why we created the Deep Ellum Dog Park. We wanted a safe and pet-friendly urban oasis for dogs and their owners - lots of grass, lots of space, and lots of parking.

We welcome you to this website and we look forward to your visit to the Deep Ellum Dog Park.

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