Puppy Bowl adoptions
Puppy Bowl fans looking for a four-legged friend to watch the big game with can take advantage of $49 adoption fees at Humane Society Silicon Valley through game day on Feb. 11. To find eligible animals, visit https://www.hssv.org/adopt and look for a football sticker on their profile, then schedule a visit with a potential pet at the Peter Detkin and Michelle Oates Detkin Animal Community Center, 901 Ames Ave.
Dog park grant
The City of Milpitas has been awarded a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant to complete the dog park at Delano Manongs Park. This matching grant of $301,516 will fund construction of the new section for large dogs, including asphalt and decomposed granite, concrete paving, fencing, signage, site furnishings, landscaping and irrigation throughout the park, and staff resources to manage the project. The work will not begin until other related projects in the park are completed.
The grant will allow city staff to use park fund monies that would have otherwise been allocated to this project for other park infrastructure needs in the Milpitas metro area.
SMART marketing
The City of Milpitas took home an Adwheel Award from the American Public Transportation Association for its marketing campaign to increase ridership on Milpitas SMART. The city will be recognized at the AdWheel Awards Luncheon in New Orleans in February.
Milpitas SMART is an app-based local transit service that will provide convenient, safe and affordable connections from home or work to the Great Mall, Milpitas Town Center and city hall, Milpitas Transit Center and BART, or any VTA light rail station.
