Well, we knew we didn’t have a chance of winning since a Decatur resident’s submission missed the deadline, but it’s sorta cool that a fellow Georgia city won the $500,000 from Beneful to renovate a dog park.

How does one spend a whopping $500,000 on a dog park? According to the AJC’s article, the renovated park will feature a rubber mulch trail, a “water spray area” and “a large, bone-shaped ramp with cylindrical tunnels running beneath”.

In related news, a commenter recently noted that Decatur’s Adair Park dog park just got some new metal benches and a water fountain.  I mean really, what more does a dog need?

What would you do with $500,000 to makeover your local dog park?

Thad points out that Beneful is currently holding an online contest where the grand-prize is a whopping $500,000 to makeover a dog park in your area.  To enter, all participants have to do is make a two-minute video detailing what they would envision as their ultimate dog park.

This dude explains…

Sounds pretty simple, right?  Well, apparently not simple enough since this contest started way back on May 3rd and there are only THREE entries thus far.  The contest ends on June 18th, and then beginning in August folks will vote online for the winner.

With so few contestants and an online voting component, I’m pretty sure we could win this thing.

So, if anyone feels so inclined to take the lead on creating the video, I’ll provide my full support.  You can brainstorm ideas on how to spend the money below in the comments section, and once your video is up I’ll post it here.  And when voting time comes around, I’ll make sure provide the link to vote.

We’ve already successfully done this once when we helped Sydney Rhame win $1,000 from Kudzu.  I’m pretty sure we can do it again.