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A new dog park has opened in Shelby, North Carolina, after more than a decade of planning and advocacy.

The two-acre park is located on a former school ballfield and features separate areas for large and small dogs.

Amenities include water fountains, benches, shade trees, and dog waste stations for public use.

Under a cloudless blue sky, a crowd gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony the morning of Oct. 3 at the gate to the entrance of Shelby's brand new dog park.

Several people had their dogs on leashes, eagerly waiting to be let loose in the two acres of fenced in space located right off the Carolina Harmony Trail at 126 W. Marion St.

The long-awaited park that has been over a decade in the making, and it finally came to pass on property that was formerly a scho

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