Status: Current
Location: Yunker Farm Park & Dog Park
Estimated Completion: Summer 2025
Project Overview:
A key piece of the broader Yunker Farm Park Master Plan, the dog park located at Yunker Farm Park is being moved, redesigned and revitalized. Construction began in mid-July of 2024. The new dog park is expected to open to the public summer 2025. The existing dog park at Yunker Farm Park will remain open and available to public use for the duration of this project and will not be affected by construction.
After a robust public input period, the new and improved park will feature:
- 3 separate dog areas
- Play ammenities
- Drinking fountains
- Small shade structures
- Large 20'X24' shade shelter
- Paved parking lot
- Improved lighting
- Improved drainage
- Improved landscaping
Some trees will be removed during construction of the new park. The trees that will be removed were planted as part of NDSU research plots more than 20 years ago. The research trees were planted in "plot" rows very close together and were not intended to be a permanent part of the landscape. The majority of the trees that are being removed are considered small (8" diameter or less), in marginal to poor condition, and many are of the Ash species. With the threat of Emerald Ash Borer imminent in our community, these trees were carefully selected for removal to ensure the overall health of our urban forest. It is important to reiterate, they were not removed solely for the Yunker Farm Dog Park project.
