A virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this morning (October 28, 2020) to celebrate the opening of the new Wayside Waifs Campus, located at 3901 Martha Truman Rd in Kansas City, Mo.
The campus additions include a new, 9,000-SF Canine Behavior Center and an 8,000-SF Education & Training Center expansion.
"We are honored to be the building partner for Wayside Waifs, the largest pet adoption campus in Kansas City. These state-of-the-art facilities will help to bring solutions to our community for both pets and people, " said Phil Thomas, president of A.L. Huber, who partnered with SFS Architecture on the project.
The Canine Behavior Center was built behind the existing, main shelter building and includes 21 indoor-outdoor kennels, three real-life rooms, indoor and outdoor play and training areas, a dedicated medical exam room with grooming space and a training classroom for visiting animal welfare colleagues.
The behavior center will serve 21-42 dogs at a time in a quiet and controlled environment. This building and program will be the second of its kind in the nation.
The Education & Training Center expansion, built on the northeast corner of the current shelter, will serve 15,000+ people annually.
The expansion includes three indoor multipurpose rooms that can be combined into one large room for hosting large group and events, indoor dog training classrooms, collaborative meeting space, office and work space for education staff and volunteers and 3,500 SF of storage and facilities offices.
In 2018, Wayside adopted more than 5,600 animals into “loving, forever homes.” Wayside Waifs has served homeless, abused and abandoned animals for over 75 years.
