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Published May 01, 2008 10:07 pm - A donated eight-acre site at 3423 N. Main St. was announced Thursday afternoon as the Joplin Humane Society’s site for a new shelter. Humane Society announces site for new animal shelter By Debbie Robinson news@joplinglobe.com A donated eight-acre site at 3423 N. Main St. was announced Thursday afternoon as the Joplin Humane Society’s site for a new shelter. Diane Sharits, executive director, and members of the board of directors unveiled a temporary sign that proclaims the site, just north of the former Dent and Dings store, as the location to replace the one the organization has had since 1966 at 4400 N. Swede Lane. About 50 people and several dogs that are up for adoption at the shelter were on hand for the event at the site, which is just north of Joplin and south of Airport Drive Village. Sixty balloons, representing the number of years since the society’s incorporation, were let go on a blustery afternoon. “We’re looking to the future,” Sharits said. She held the warranty deed for the property that has 290 feet of frontage on North Main Street and is 1,000 feet in depth. In response to a Globe question, Sharits said the property was given to the organization by a donor who wished to remain anonymous. A crew from Crossland Construction Co. has been clearing the property for the past two days, but a construction contract won’t be awarded until the building plan is completed, Sharits said. Preliminary plans call for construction of a 15,000-square-foot shelter and visitors center that could handle 10,000 animals a year, compared with the current shelter that was built to handle about 2,000 animals a year, according to a news release. The proposed $5.3 million shelter is expected to incorporate many features found in today’s shelters, such as air-handling and air-purification systems, an education room, a small clinic, and a pet-supply sales area. Administrative offices would include volunteer work areas, adoption and interview rooms, a reception lobby and front desk, and rooms where prospective adoptees and owners could get together. The shelter will be financed by the society’s “Give Them a Chance” campaign to raise private donations. The nonprofit organization initially approached the city of Joplin about property owned by the Joplin Regional Airport on Highway 171, but that proposal proved unworkable for the city. Consideration of a part of Dover Hill Park was rejected after residents in the Roanoke neighborhood opposed the plan. 
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