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Quann Park News:

updated 7/1/08

2008 Alliant Energy Center events expected to impact Quann-Olin Parkway and Quann Dog Park

Quann-Olin Parkway (the road from Olin Ave to the tennis court parking lot) will be closed for all dates below.  Access to the tennis court parking lot will be available from Bram St.  Special directions for Aug 2008 -see the update on parking below.
Events marked with * reserve the large field for overflow parking.  The path/creek semi-fenced area is always open for off-leash exercise.

Midwest Horse Fair April 17-20, 2008 *

Bratfest/Madison Marathon May 22-26, 2008 *

Komen Race for the Cure May 30-31, 2008 June 2008 *

Mounds Dog Fest June 8, 2008

Midwest Auto Show June 26-29, 2008 *

Umphrey McGee Concert July 9-10

Poison Concert July 11-12

Dane County Fair/Dalai Llama July 14-20 *

WJJO Band Camp July 26-27, 2008

Madison Roots Festival Aug. 1-2, 2008 *

Great Lakes Auto Show Aug. 14-17, 2008

SoCo Music Experience Sept. 6-7, 2008

Viva Mexico Sept. 13-14, 2008

World Dairy Expo Sept. 2930-Oct. 5, 2008 *

AEC expects additional events to be added to this list. Updates and email notification are available through the yahoo group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quann4dogs/

Updates and road access chart are also available on the Madison City Parks – Quann park web page.  http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/major/quannpark.html

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

Aug 2008 Bram St Viaduct CLOSED for road construction. 

Use alternate route below.

Dog Park Clean-up Day

Saturday March 29, 2008

8 A.M. till noon

Please come out and help restore Quann to a clean environment, after a long, lonnnnnnggggggg winter! The first 25 volunteers will receive a goody bag that traditionally contains doggie cookies, coupons, flyers about doggie services, and poop-scoop bags. Some of the bags may have t-shirts, frisbees, tennis balls or other toys.

Please bring gloves.  Trash bags will be provided. 

We will also be spreading the wood chip mulch at the entrances and paths.  Please bring wheelbarrows, shovels, and racks if you can. 

Bad weather date is Saturday April 5, 2008

June 2006

Quann off-leash dog park is now fenced!

The last section of fencing along Expo Parkway went up on June 10, 2006, just making the promised deadline of “before the Goodman Pool opens” on June 12th.  If you’ve been waiting for the park to be fenced, now is the time to come check it out!  But please take a moment to read the following caveats.

1. The off-leash dog exercise area is divided into two enclosures:  The main field is completely enclosed with 4 foot tall chain-link fencing.  The path/creek corridor is fenced on three sides, but open to Wingra creek.  Please use the path/creek corridor only if your dog is under sufficient voice control to prevent any chance of interference with bicyclists and pedestrians on the other side of the creek, or going around the fence and conflicting with bikes/peds on and near the bridge.  There is also the risk of getting into traffic on Olin Ave if they go around the fence at the far north end.
2. All the chain link fencing is up, but the fence does not yet run all the way down to the creek edge in the path/creek corridor.  The city plans to put up livestock type fencing in these two locations so that the trees and other vegetation would not need to be cut down.  Please make sure your dog(s) do not go around the end of the fence and interfere with bikes/peds on or near the bridge.
3. The dog beach is being relocated into the off-leash section north of the bridge.  The new area has been roughly mowed, but the water entry has not yet been prepared.  The city plans to bring in some fill or pea gravel to make a more sloped entry and firm up the mucky bottom in the new location.  You are welcome to use this area if you like, but be warned that the bottom is black muck.

   a. The path south of the bridge and the old dog beach area are technically no longer part of the off-leash area.  If you use this area for your dog(s) to swim, while we wait for the city to finish the new dog beach it is critical that you keep your dog(s) off the bicycle path.  There is no guarantee that you wont be ticketed/fined for using this area – use at your own risk!

   b. This section of Wingra Creek is scheduled to be restored as part of the Wingra Creek Project. The current plan is therefore just a temporary low-cost solution.

4. The fencing of the main field is complete, but there remain some gaps under the fence that small dogs or escape artists could get through.

   a. The worst areas are under the 8 foot chain link along the north edge separating the dog park from the municipal buildings (including fence in the path/creek corridor).  Some of these gaps are large enough for even medium or determined large dogs to get through.  City engineering is supposed to be bringing in fill to raise the ground level up to the bottom of the fence.

   b. There are at least 12 gates scattered around the perimeter of the off-leash dog park.  Many of the gates have significant gaps under them because of sloping or irregular ground.  The city parks division has been advised of this problem but has not yet responded with a plan or time frame to correct this.

Because Quann off-leash Dog Park is a large park, you may be able to stay far enough away from these potential problem areas so that your dog wont escape.  It will depend on having good voice control (which is a requirement anyway to use the off-leash dog parks), but you know your dog better than anyone else, so use your best judgment on whether it is safe to bring your dog now or need to wait.  Many of these problems should be corrected as the summer progresses; messages will be posted to quann4dogs@yahoogroups.com as they get done.  Updates on this website take longer.

In other good news, the city has mowed some paths and short grass areas within the Quann off-leash park for us!

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