Boo-Le-Bark Dog Parade Returns For a Second Year

The inaugural Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard dog parade, in 2016, was a huge hit. “[People] talk about it like it’s been going on for a while—that’s how successful it was,” says Marilyn Estes, co-chair of the committee in charge of the the event, which began last fall as a fundraiser for local nonprofit Athenspets, an all-volunteer group that helps animals in Athens-Clarke County shelters find permanent homes. “When we started it, we set out for it to be an annual event,” says Estes. “We never really stopped. We were evaluating everything right afterward.” This year, the parade and its accompanying Canine Carnival are back and, organizers say,…