4/8/25: UPDATE!

Y’all, thank you so much for signing! We have been in touch with the Director of Parks - Bill Jordan. 

He confirmed that there are still plans from 2022 to add a dog park at McFarland Park. It’s part of a much larger project that is dependent on logistics, funding and community interest.

If you haven’t shared the petition with your friends and family, please do. I think it will help if we can display strong community support. 

THANK YOU!

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In Florence, where the river sings,

And Handy Fest each summer rings,

Where pickers play and artists roam,

Our pups still have no leash-free loam.

We’ve got lions up at UNA,

A statue strong, both fierce and fey—

But dogs must pass, eyes full of wish,

For lions guard, but don’t throw sticks.

McFarland’s nice for human folk,

But leashes? Frankly, they’re a joke.

Our dogs crave freedom, space to dash—

Not tangled leads or leash-lash rash.

They dream of parks with open gates,

Of shady spots and doggy mates.

A fence! A bench! Perhaps a bone!

A patch of turf to call their own.

From Seven Points to Cox Creek’s bend,

Barks and howls begin to blend:

“We need a park! A place to play!

We’ll stop our chaos—well, halfway.”

A Florence park, well-marked and proud,

Where labs and mutts can run unbowed.

Where locals meet and tails all wag—

A place that earns the whole town’s brag.

So help us give our dogs their due—

And save our socks and couches too.

Sign here to bark, not just complain:

Stand up and shout: canine domain!