The Lehighton Parks and Recreation Board will hold a focus group at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the borough’s municipal building for volunteers to help with a dog park.

Board secretary Autumn Abelovsky said the tentative location of the dog park is the grass area next to the Lehighton Recreation Center on South Eighth Street.

“A dog park has been a point of discussion for several years now,” Abelovsky said.

In March, borough council heard from Jessica Mabus of Girl Scout Troop 329, who presented her idea for a dog park.

Mabus said she would like to create the park as her Gold Award Project for Girl Scouts, which is the equivalent to the Boy Scouts Eagle Scout Project.

Abelovsky said Mabus presented her idea to the Parks and Recreation Board, who agreed it would be a good project.

Affiliated with Girl Scouts, Abelovsky said she would serve as liaison for the Girl Scouts to sign off on Mabus’ project.

Abelovsky said Mabus came to Parks and Recreation to find out her next step, and was told she would need council’s approval to get a focus group together.

She said Mabus would start applying for grants and funding for a dog park, and that the grants would need to be submitted through the borough.

As for the actual design, Abelovsky said as of now, it would be one large dog park and one small dog park.

Borough officials in September debated putting an end to its dogs prohibited in parks and playgrounds ordinance.

At that time, borough council on a 4-3 vote agreed to advertise an ordinance to abolish the current borough ordinance pertaining to dogs prohibited in parks and playgrounds.

No other action has been taken on the ordinance since council’s vote in September.