Byron Township neighbors remain divided over the Whistlestop Park dog park. Some have demanded it be closed, while others are fighting to keep it open. But both sides argue that the township needs to do more.
Peggy Bishop lives next to the park and says the noise has become unbearable.
“From 7:30 in the morning until whenever at night, the dogs [are] barking. We still are annoyed almost daily, sometimes hours and hours and hours on end. Again, you have a township ordinance against barking — you’re not enforcing it,” Bishop said during public comment at a Township Board meeting on May 12.
On the other side of the debate is Amy Oosteven, who owns a business called Wagging Riders and regularly brings her canine clients to the park. She wants the park to stay — but says it needs work.
“The community has brought in big rocks, big boards, stuff like that, to kind of like help to make sure the dogs don’t escape — like the little dogs. So the fences need to be tightened up. They’re loose in some places,” Oosteven said…