DESIGN COMPETITION

Here is what we think would make the best facility:

• Covered overhang for drive ups

• Intake area

• Office

• Cleaning Supply Room

• Medical Treatment area - exam table(s), counter space/workbench for microscope(s), computer area

• Medical supply closet 

• Hand washing area - at least 1 and would be a good idea to have an emergency eye-wash sink

• Area for cages - usually better to have separate areas for raccoons vs squirrels/skunks/groundhogs

• possibly separate air system for quarantine room, air filters, maybe UV sanitization lamps... rationale: there are frequently outbreaks of parvo at these facilities that can kill the entire facility)

• Would love to have (and would be extremely helpful) to have a wash room for cages - where you can just wheel the table/cage in and powerwash/steam clean- *protecting our critters from spread of disease is super important. An illness like Parvo can take out an entire facility.

• Kitchen/food prep area

• space for an industrial dishwasher or 2!

• large freezer or freezers

• large fridge or 2

• pantry area

• dishes

• food prep - think restaurant style food prep

• large pantry - dry food items (formula, canned goods, bags and buckets of dog food and other)

• Cleaning supplies closet - large enough to hold lots of paper towels, spray bottles, large tote bins of towels, blankets, wash cloths, beds, hammocks, smocks/personal protective gear (gloves, glasses, masks, gowns), gallons of: dish detergent, Clorox, Steramine, Rescue, and Dawn cleaners, hand sanitizers; brooms, vacuums, mops, newspaper bins (we use news paper to line crates/cages to protect little paws).

• Laundry area (need x2 washers and dryers), folding table, storage for Clorox, Borax, Laundry detergent - and room for lots of laundry bins

• Bathroom (1 or 2)

• Staff Mudroom/break area - clean and dirty area for shoes, personal belongings (lockers or cubbies maybe?)

• coffee bar/fridge - 

• stairs to staff quarters/bunk room upstairs

• Bunk room 2nd floor 6-12 beds, bathrooms - we can rent to volunteers, students & researchers. Would be nice to have a kitchenette and lounge area, should have a separate air system from downstairs

• Outside- more covered area, trails to both larger animal and transitional outdoor cages (where we move babies to before actual release) or other animals that cant/shouldn't be kept indoors (coyote, porcupine, adult skunks)

• gardens to grow food for animals

• another covered area would be fabulous - either for animal cages or building cage area

• shed for equipment, would want a gator or some kind of transport for cages to outdoor enclosures