Vox Pupuli: Uptown Neighborhood Gets Poop Bag Dispensers

This post marks the first of a new series, Vox Pupuli, by Puptown volunteer John Lenti.

by John Lenti

Uptown United recently installed new "Poop-a-Doopa" dog poop bag dispensers throughout the Uptown Neighborhood.

With the help of interns from Cleanslate, a neighborhood beautification group, Uptown United will make sure the dispensers are filled. They have asked for our help: If we see a dispenser that's empty, damaged, missing or used inappropriately, please call (773) 878-1064 or email.

"We all want Uptown to be dog-friendly, clean, and supportive of responsible pet ownership," Wally Rozak of Uptown United wrote in an email announcing the program.

We agree. So let's do our part: Pick up after your pet, in the park and in the neighborhood.

The closest dispenser to  Puptown is on the lightpole at the northwest corner of Marine Drive and Lawrence Avenue. Here are the other locations:

• Lightpole-SW corner of Winthrop/Winona
• Lightpole-in front of Bezazian Library
• Lightpole-SW corner of Sheridan/Ainslie
• Lightpole-NW corner of Marine/Lawrence
• Lightpole-approx 4709 N. Racine
• Lightpole-approx 1049 W. Leland
• Lightpole-NW corner Magnolia/Wilson
• Chainlink fence-NW corner of Hazel/Cullom
• Lightpole-NE corner of Clifton/Montrose
• Lightpole-in front of Uptown Library
• Lightpole-SE corner Sheridan/Cuyler

Comments

[Michael Blackburn]

I noticed the Marine/Lawrence dispenser disappeared about a week ago, but it doesn't look like it was forcibly removed, so I thought they'd stopped the program.

[Vox Pupuli]

I'll check that out. Thanks for the comment.