Melrose Talks About Off-Leash Recreation
I missed this, but as early as three months ago (December 2008) the City of Melrose began discussing safe and legal opportunities for off-leash recreation. Speaking thoughtfully in support of park users whose needs are often ignored by urban parks departments, Melrose Alderman Monica Medeiros said,
It’s like having a skate park when you have skateboarders. You can’t really kick them off the stairs at City Hall if there’s no place for them to go.
A lengthy article about the Melrose Board of Aldermen meeting at which off-leash recreation was discussed is availble online from the Melrose Free Press: "Dog park study underway."