Southwick Park Commission Unanimously Backs Dog Park With Letter of Support

Other Committee · Meeting of March 11, 2026

Southwick's Park and Recreation Commission voted unanimously to support a proposed dog park and weighed a costly lighting overhaul at Wally Park. The three-member commission, meeting March 11 at Town Hall, approved a letter of support for the Friends of the Dog Park after the group appeared before the board the prior month; a land donation for the site is reportedly already in hand, though a road connector between Hudson Drive and Sam West Road — flagged at a recent Select Board meeting — may intersect the parcel. The board also heard that monthly electricity demand charges at Wally Park run $1,900 with one lit field and can reach $6,000 when all three run simultaneously, prompting a forthcoming LED conversion presentation from an outside vendor.

Pickleball court bids, delayed from February 24 without notice to the commission, are now set to open March 17 at 2 p.m. in the town office.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of March 11, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.