Behind funding from an anonymous donation, Wrightsville Beach officials are looking for a location to add a pet fountain to the John Nesbitt Loop.
The anonymous $10,000 donation was designated for the building of a fourth pet fountain, said Katie Ryan, Wrightsville Beach parks and recreation program supervisor. The Loop currently features three pet fountains, but the location of these fountains are all on one side of the 2.45 mile path around the heart of Wrightsville Beach.
The Loop has pet fountains located near the old Scotchman store on Salisbury Drive, one at Harbor Way Gardens and one near the corner of North Lumina Avenue and Salisbury Street, in front of Bryant Real Estate at 1001 N Lumina Ave.
Ryan said town officials are looking for a private-property location on Causeway Drive, near the intersection of Waynick Boulevard.
“The goal is to have them more spaced out,” Ryan said.
Ryan said that the cost of the fountain could change with the location and the design of the fountain. She said the pet fountain could be a simple bowl for water or be something more elaborate, like the fountain near the intersection of North Lumina Avenue and Waynick Boulevard. Ryan said town officials are talking with property owners in the area about hosting the pet fountain.
“If we need to install a new water meter, it could cost several thousand,” Ryan said.
“It depends on what we come up with.”
Ryan said the anonymous donation was unusual, noting the town hasn’t received donations of this type during her tenure.
