Maynard's residents and town officials need to hear from us about why Maynard needs a dog park. Please take a few minutes to write a brief letter to the editor about your personal reasons for supporting the dog park proposal.

The best thing you can do is state, in your own words, why you feel a dog park would be good for Maynard. Here is some sample text you can use as inspiration or a starting point - feel free to include some or all of this language or write your own:

MayDOG needs to raise a fair chunk of change in order to bring a dog park to town. We also want to have some fun doing it! So we've come up with the idea to hold a fun run and fair in May. Read on to find out more!

Tentative schedule of events

8am - 8:45am: On-site registration
9am: 1-mile Dog Fun Walk and 5k Fun Run
9:00-11:00am: Vendors, exhibitors, community/educational booths
9:30am: Disc dogs demo
10:00am: Flyball exhibition
10:30am: Canine freestyle (dog dancing) show