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Renovating The Dog Run At Maria Hernandez Becomes A $6.7 Million Project

Construction is expected to start late 2025.

By Ashlynn Perez

Feb. 18, 2024 · 3 min read

people in Bushwick voted in support of dog run at Maria Hernandez Park
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Renovating The Dog Run At Maria Hernandez Becomes A $6.7 Million Project

Construction is expected to start late 2025.

Ashlynn Perez
· 3 min read
Renovating The Dog Run At Maria Hernandez Becomes A $6.7 Million Project

Almost two years after people in Bushwick voted in support of a then-$300,000 project to usu city money to upgrade a dog run at Maria Hernandez Park, plans have now emerged as to what that will look like.

In the time since the 2022 vote — part of the city council’s participatory budgeting program — those plans have also grown considerably, and now will also incorporate renovating the park’s playground…

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