In fact, in October of 2000, Mayor Daley was on 'Pet Central' speaking about Dog Friendly Areas.
Any neighborhood can now establish a dog park in Chicago.
Just four years, ago there wasn't a single safe place in this city of more than 750,000 dogs to legally play off a leash. Now, there are ten dog friendly areas with more on the way, including dog friendly beach spaces, which will sprout up along the shores of Lake Michigan next spring. Chicago's innovative formula for creating dog friendly green places requires grass roots neighborhood support. Dog owners and non-dog owners work together creating solutions to problems where they live. Now, cities all over America are looking at Chicago's example.