A rendering of the planned community hub at the Guide Dogs for the Blind campus in Boring, Ore. The new facility would double the number of clients the nonprofit could serve in Oregon.
Renderings created for Guide Dogs for the Blind by Studio Miers | Chou | Poon.
Guide Dogs for the Blind operates two campuses — one in San Rafael, California, and one in Boring, Oregon. The nonprofit raises and trains dogs to work with people experiencing vision loss and provides a variety of programs for the humans who will one day partner with them. Plans are underway to expand GDB’s Boring campus through a new community hub, which would double the number of clients the organization can serve in Oregon.
Susan Armstrong is vice president of client programs for GDB. George Miers is a partner at Studio Miers | Chou | Poon, which designed the new facility. They both join us to talk more about the expansion and what it takes to design a facility with senses other than vision in mind.
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