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Neighbors ask council to stop Burnet Woods dog park construction, allege procurement irregularities
Summary
A neighborhood resident asked Cincinnati City Council to halt bulldozing for a dog park at Burnet Woods, saying private fundraising requirements were not met, accessibility features were removed, and that procurement irregularities and conflicts of interest require investigation.
A resident and neighborhood advocate asked Cincinnati City Council on May 21 to halt imminent construction of a dog park at Burnet Woods amid allegations of procurement irregularities, removed accessibility features and a private fundraising requirement that she said was never met.
Cynthia McCarthy told council she had spoken against the project more than two years earlier, when the park board requested $300,000 in city funding for a universally accessible dog park at the Brookline entrance to…
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