Columbia Heights dog park: A $2.1 million parcel of D.C. land is on track to go to the dogs

Metro, which owns the land that has functioned as an unofficial dog park since 2009, agreed this week to take the parcel off the market and let the District buy the land at "fair market value."

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    Columbia Heights dog park: A $2.1 million parcel of D.C. land is on track to go to the dogs

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