OUR NEEDS

As a result of the hard work of a caring, dedicated, and professional staff, our agency has experienced tremendous growth, both in the number of people served and the scope of services we provide.

MARC, Inc. is a leader in the human services field, and we are proud to be the provider of choice for so many individuals and families in our region. We anticipate continued growth as more families elect to join our services. With rapid expansion comes a host of challenges, among them is the need for a larger facility.

There are many reasons that our Board’s decision to build a new, larger facility is a prudent decision. The need for an expanded, modern facility is based on the following circumstances:

• Due to growth, our current 15,000 square foot facility is no longer adequate to meet agency needs. Office space has been combined with service areas to provide additional space. In addition, storage rooms have been converted into office and/or service areas.
• Following general population trends across the nation, more individuals with disabilities, are living longer and needing retirement services. This increase in demand for services has exceeded the space available for our current Senior Center.
• The number of restrooms, conference rooms and office space is not sufficient to meet the needs of the growing number of people we serve.
• The current space does not allow us to install and implement therapeutic equipment to enhance service delivery including lift/tracking systems for our restrooms and service areas, a physical therapy/exercise room to meet occupational/physical therapy needs, a nursing area, and a sensory room.
• Other large businesses share our parking lot, making it difficult to find parking for all our visitors and staff.
• Safety is a concern with high traffic from surrounding businesses.
• Our current location provides no “green space” to offer opportunities for recreation/social events. When we do have these occasions, we must rent out other locations.
• During the course of our fifty-six year history we have had to endure several moves to new locations. Some of these moves have been due to space constraints and some have been due to the expiration of lease agreements. These periodic moves are disruptive to services, very labor intensive, and costly.

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