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------------------------Archived News
Quann Park News:
updated 02/26/10
Quann Dog Park
DOG CLEANUP DAY
March 27
8:00 a.m. to Noon
Help clean up the winter leavings! The more, the merrier!
Volunteers are also needed for the following activities. If you can assist, please contact Barb Gilligan directly at bjgillig@charter.net or call her at 258-8996.
SIGNS – Date to be announced
GOODIE BAG ASSEMBLY – Date to be announced
SECTION FLAGGING – Friday March 26, late afternoon/evening. We will be meeting the day before cleanup-day to put up section flags. Exact time and place to meet will be announced later. Let me know what time you can get there.
GATE GREETERS - March 27. Not physically able to do all the bending, stooping and reaching? We need people to be gate greeters – help people sign in, direct them to areas needing cleaning and manage the goodie bags. This job can be done sitting down! Sign up for an hour or the whole morning!
TRASH PICKUP – March 27, 8-noon. Do you find picking up poop too disgusting? We also need people to pick up trash. Just show up and ask to be a trash picker.
EQUIPMENT – Sat 3/27, 8:00 a.m. We need wheelbarrows, shovels, pitchforks, rakes (and people) for mulch spreading. Please bring tools if you have them. We will be mulching at both the double gated entries.
Anyone have walkie-talkies that could be borrowed on Sat morning? These would be very helpful to coordinate between the gate greeters.
BAG DISPENSERS – anytime. Gallon milk container/bag dispensers are needed at the gates along Expo Drive/Quann-
2010 Alliant Energy Center events expected to impact Quann-Olin Parkway and Quann Dog Park
The schedule of 2010 Alliant Energy Center events that will use Quann Park/Willow Island and/or effect access to Quann Park via Quann Olin Parkway was obtained from the Alliant Energy website and may not be complete nor accurate.
For the latest updates and email notifications please sign up to our Yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quann4dogs)
WINTER SNOW PLAN
Here is the plan to keep Quann dog park available through the winter.
PATH/CREEK CORRIDOR: VEHICLE GATES OPEN. The vehicle gates into the path-creek corridor (north of the bridge entrance) are to be kept OPEN to facilitate that path being plowed. This is our handicapped accessible path and when we get deep snow this may be the only area many people can handle. CAUTION - When using this area remember that the gate on the Olin Ave end will also be open! If it's not actively snowing, you can close the gates when using the area but open them again when you leave. If the corridor is empty, OPEN them as you leave even if you weren't the one who closed them. Will one of the late evening park goers please volunteer to open the gates as they leave?
PEDESTRIAN GATED ENTRIES: VOLUNTEERS are needed to shovel snow out of the double gated entries into the main dog park and the single gated entry at the southwest corner along the bike path. If you are able, please bring along a shovel after any snowstorm. If anyone is willing to take on a more active role here please let me know by email. Please avoid forcing the gates through/over dense snow as this often unhinges the gate or twists the hinges making the gate unusable. If a really big snow is predicted, it would be a good idea to leave these gates in an OPEN position as well until they can be cleared out. Better to be able to get into the park than be locked out.
PARKING
Parking is available via Wingra Creek Parkway at the Goodman Maintenance Facilities parking lot (bridge entrance) and via Quann-Olin Parkway at the Quann Tennis Complex. A small number of unpaved spaces are also available adjacent to the Quann community garden on Bram St.
During some Alliant Energy Center events Quann-Olin Parkway will be closed at the Olin Ave entrance or somewhere along its length so that the tennis court parking lot cannot be reached from Olin Ave. When Expo Parkway is closed off, the tennis court parking lot can be reached from the south via Bram St. Here are the directions:
From the corner of Park St (US Hwy 151) and Olin Ave (County MC):
- go south on Park St to the next stop light on Wingra Drive.
- turn east (left) onto Wingra for one block
- turn south (right) on Beld for two blocks (to the top of the hill)
- turn east (left) on Bram St and go under the railroad bridge (viaduct)
- immediately after the underpass, go left/straight onto the gravel road at the Quann gardens (still Bram St) and keep going all the way to the end past the tennis courts.
- turn north (left) onto Expo Parkway
- turn left (west) into the parking lot
To stay informed about plans and changes at Quann and to voice your opinions:
please join the advocacy group at Quann4dogs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Event Dates
Midwest Horse Fair May 16-18, 2010
Bratfest May 28-31, 2010
Komen Race for the Cure June 5, 2010
Dane County Fair July 14-18, 2010
US Transplant Games July 30-August 3, 2010
Capital Pride Festival August 21, 2010
World Dairy Expo Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2009