The City of Somerville is conducting an online survey about park usage and park-user satisfaction. Do you use parks together with your dog? Are you satisfied with the parks you use with your dog? What can the City do to improve your satisfaction with the parks you use with your dog? Tell the City! Take the Survey!

Please set aside five to ten minutes to take the Open Space & Recreation survey. There are twenty six questions. Your answers will make a difference in your life and in the life of your dog!

This is hugely important. Somerville dog owners are a significant park user group, but, since it's still largely illegal for us to use parks with our dogs, our needs are underrepresented in park programming and funding.

The last time the City conducted a survey of park users, only eleven respondents said that access for dog owners was important!

The survey is being conducted to complement the 2008-2013 Somerville Open Space & Recreation Plan. In addition to soliciting public feedback on the Plan through the survey, the City is also hosting a series of public meetings about the Plan. The third and final public meeting is scheduled for July.