Jan 20, 2022
Hello everybody! And a contented new 12 months! I hope this finds you and yours properly. I wished to achieve out at the moment to offer an replace on the place we stand with our plans for APA!’s campuses, land, and amenities.
As a reminder, your voices had been heard in November as you helped us get the APA! Decision handed with Austin Metropolis Council. In that decision, the town council directed us to work with the Metropolis of Austin employees to find out an consumption share quantity primarily based on these animals susceptible to euthanasia. We proceed these discussions with the town and can have an replace to share with you in February.
Whereas we stay hopeful that we’ll lastly attain a brand new settlement with metropolis animal providers and signal a long run lease to maintain a small portion of our operations on our City Lake Animal Middle (TLAC) campus as quickly as potential, we’re excited to be exploring our growth whatever the TLAC end result.
The APA! Board of Administrators and another wonderful volunteers have been using their connections to assist us discover Austin properties to buy and develop our footprint. Proper now there are a few potential properties we’re and since the property is, in fact, at a premium in Austin, we’re properties with current buildings we may modify to suit our applications and providers – and in addition properties with largely open land. Based mostly on what we discover and may afford, the APA! management crew is engaged on totally different options with a gaggle of architects to puzzle collectively which applications and providers would match the place and the way greatest to maximise every state of affairs of property combos for lifesaving.
What this implies for APA! crew members and supporters is that change – however thrilling change – is on the horizon very quickly. By this time subsequent 12 months, we may probably have 4 places, together with TLAC and Tarrytown! With this increasing footprint we’re ensuring that every potential place supplies a drastic enchancment to what we’ve now. We all know {that a} shelter must serve the needs it ought to – not mass housing in uncomfortable kennels however getting every animal who wants us most the care, help and rehabilitation they should get them prepared for a house (whether or not it’s foster or adoptive house) and out of kennel as shortly as potential!
We’ll proceed to maintain you knowledgeable of our property progress and your help we’ll want throughout this thrilling time. Thanks as at all times for being a part of this wonderful lifesaving neighborhood for folks and pets.
Ellen
