Dog owners on Capitol Hill are getting a present just in time for the holidays!  The construction contract for Kingsman Dog Park was officially bid last week and December 17^th was the pre-bid conference.  The pre-bid conference, held at the future site of the park, gave contractors an opportunity to meet with officials from DPR, see the site for themselves, and ask technical questions.  Eight contractors attended the conference and DPR expects five or six bids to come in.

By law, the bid has to remain open for thirty days, in this case until January 11, 2010. The DC Office of Contracting and Procurement typically schedules a formal bid opening within a few days of the closing date. Sherry Frear, our contact person from DPR’s Office of Planning and Capital Projects, expects that construction will begin in mid-March 2010. 

            Since the park is getting nearer to becoming a reality, members of the Hill Hounds community may want to attend the Annual Meeting of Hill Hounds on January 21, 2010 at SOVA coffeehouse, located at 1359 H St. NE.  The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm.  The meeting will focus on finalizing design elements of the park and establishing fundraising goals for the next year.