Our Mission

“We are a community-focused, qualified non-profit organization created to develop and support a healthy, safe, and attractive off-leach space for dogs and their families to play, socialize, exercise, and train. Our desire is to provide an inclusive environment for all responsible dog families to have fun.”

Black dog lying on sidewalk in front of green bushes, with a colorful bandana around its neck and a purple tag on its collar, smiling with its tongue slightly out.
A man with glasses, a beige hat, and a dark hoodie smiles while sitting on a chair outside a coffee shop. He is holding a small tan dog in a red harness on his lap. Two large dogs, one brown and one white with a plaid coat, stand beside him. The background features a storefront window with colorful clothing and a vintage sign, and several pedestrians walking by on the sidewalk.

Why a Dog Park in Pella?

A brown puppy with floppy ears and dark eyes is inside a red and gray pet carrier attached to a person's shoulder. The person is wearing a teal jacket.

  • Addresses a need expressed by Pella area residents and visitors

  • Projects a progressive and positive community image

  • Acts as a recruitment and retention asset for local corporate interests

  • Provides a safe, healthy, and wholesome recreational and social space

  • Builds a feeling of community and inclusiveness

  • Addresses a need expressed by Pella area residents and visitors.

  • Provides a safe, healthy, and wholesome recreational and social space.

  • Acts as a recruitment and retention asset.

  • Exercised and socialized dogs make better pets and neighbors.

  • Builds a feeling of community and inclusiveness.

  • Projects a progressive and positive community image.

  • More people are traveling with their dog and looking for dog-friendly places to visit.

  • Many people (especially Millennials) are making lifestyle decisions, such as career and socialization choices, with their dogs in mind.

  • Adults with "grand dogs" want a dog park available when their children visit.

  • More than 8,000 dogs live in Pella and the surrounding area.

  • Pella area residents must drive to nearby communities to use a dog park.

  • Some currently resort to letting dogs use spaces that are not intended for this purpose.