Throughout the last stages of
construction and during the early part of the transition and subsequent move, supporters and community leaders visited the shelter for a per- sonal tour given by a member of the board or staff. Lisa, Nikki and her hus- band, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, visited just after the move was completed in October. “I made it a point to not visit the
Nala, one of the adoptables at Humane Society of Tampa Bay
Thomas Everett Lamb Design & Development donated their innovative shelter design to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. Architect Kevin Hart of Kevin Hart & Associates and DeBartolo Construction Services, LLC were hired to implement the design and construct the facility. There was no stipulation that DeBartolo Construction Services, LLC be hired for the project. They submitted a proposal along with the four other bid- ders for the job. There were five archi- tects who bid for the job as well. One of the deciding factors for selecting DeBartolo Construction Services, LLC was the fact that the DeBartolo name would be on the building. “The board agreed that Mr.
DeBartolo would make sure this would be a building he and his family would be proud of and he would ensure that the job would get done,” said Sherry. “Tommy was a genius,” Sherry
added. “The shelter property has always had a tremendous sloping problem which resulted in the kennels flooding during storms. Tommy came up with the split level design of the building. He was innovative to have envisioned that. Kevin Hart, another genius, put Tommy’s concept into practice.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thomas Everett Lamb died of COVID-19 in July 2020. The shelter staff dedi- cated a room with a plaque in his memory.
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shelter while it was being built,” said Lisa. “I saw it when we dug the dirt at the groundbreaking. But, I wanted to be surprised, and boy was I. My God, it’s beautiful and so state-of-the- art. To see everybody, including the volunteers, working together. Let me tell you, it was difficult not to leave without adopting an animal.” Mr. D decided to visit the shelter
unannounced and by himself several days later. Sherry was there to give him a tour. “I asked him why he had- n’t called me to let us know he was going to visit. What if I hadn’t been here to meet him?” Mr. D’s reply was simply that a
visit to the shelter, that day, was in order. It seemed purely spontaneous. Visitors to the shelter will notice
the vast amount of natural light com- ing into the building as a result of the large windows throughout. As they walked, Mr. DeBartolo commented on the windows, questioning the use of so many and was it a needed expense. Sherry’s response was, “I love the light. It makes everyone happy, the animals and the people.” Mr. DeBartolo nodded his approval, then smiled. Sherry was anxious to show Mr.
D the cat area first. He, however, was more interested and anxious to meet the shelter dogs. Sherry insisted. “It was a very brief visit to meet
with the cats,” said Sherry, smiling. She recalls, however, that when they visited all of the areas where the dogs were kenneled, Mr. DeBartolo slowed down. “Mr. D stopped at each kennel
and read the kennel card so he could greet each dog by his or her name,” said Sherry. “Clearly, this is a man who loves dogs, all dogs.”
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