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APRIL 8, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 15
Construction taking place at COVID-19 facility in Interbay Elliott Avenue shelter set to open in late April
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By Jessica Keller
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Construction work is currently taking place at a piece of property in Interbay that will be used for COVID-19 shelter. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, King County announced various locations throughout the county would be designated shelters for people in quarantine, isolation or in recovery. When complete, the Interbay site, 531 Elliott Ave. W., will have 14 buildings with modular housing that can serve up to 72 people. At a weekly phone meeting for Seattle stakeholders and King County representatives April 1, Calli Knight, deputy director of external relations
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Photo by Jessica Keller Construction workers are currently installing utilities and ramps and other features at the site of a future COVID-19 shelter on Elliott Avenue in Interbay. The facility, which is supposed to be turned over to the county April 27, will likely house people recovering from COVID-19.
for the Office of King County Executive Dow Constantine, said the trailers have been all been built and shipped from to Seattle. The site will be turned over for operations April 27. Currently, construction
workers are hooking up the trailers to utilities and creating ramps to the buildings. She said, unlike at other locations, the site has not been dedicated for a certain use yet. Instead, city staff are conducting daily
assessments about what the county’s needs are as the virus spreads. “At this point, we’re thinking it’s going to be an assessment
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Seattle-area pet-service providers launch new program aimed at protecting employees, clients By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
Even though their business has been impacted by the closures mandated by Gov. Jay Inslee in a state-wide effort to reduce COVID-19 closures, Tamara Bean and Cameron Thompson are making the best of the situation. While the Seattle-area Fetch! Pet Care franchise owners and regional partners normally offer a range of animal services, the pair are now focusing on a new program designed to keep pet sitters and clients safe. Bean said she thought of the Fetch and Go program when coronavirus cases first started to be reported in the area. It employs a series of procedures that eliminate contact between pet sitters and clients. First, clients have sanitation stations by their front doors. Pet sitters also carry their own leashes for dogs, and owners leave collars and harnesses on their pets. All the dog walkers have to do is wash their hands when
they arrive, put the leash on the dog, and wipe everything they touch with pet-friendly disinfecting products upon returning. As well, if a client is medical personnel, pet sitters won’t go into their homes until they have been at work for a minimum of three hours. “I’d rather us air on the side of safety than otherwise,” Bean said. Thompson agrees the focus is on everyone’s safety. “We’ve done everything we can except put a bubble around us,” he said. Bean said, with the governor’s mandates, 90 percent of their professional pet care services are closed. Instead, they are concentrating on dog walking for customers who cannot leave their homes or are working at essential businesses, such as medical personnel. Bean said one of her clients in Ballard has been working the overnight shift at a hospital, and her dog walker comes between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.
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Photo courtesy Tamara Bean Tamara Bean and Cameron Thompson, regional partners and Fetch! Pet franchise owners, recently started a new program, Fetch and Go, which implemented new safety procedures to keep dog walkers and clients safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are doing whatever we can to help, even if that means coming in late at night,” Bean said. Providing for their senior clients is an important service, Thompson said, because with-
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