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Megan Dietz posted a reply on Re: Accessibility in 'historic' structures
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Said: My understanding is if you are doing any renovation work, then yes you need to meet the minimum guidelines and have at least one accessible entrance with an accessible route to it, plus if you have restrooms they need to be accessible.&...
Ryan Gravell posted a reply on Re: Accessibility in 'historic' structures
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Said: I'm not an expert, but from the accessibility training I've done here in NY, my understanding is that if making the historic structure accessible fundamentally alters the historic building, and it's significance (and it needs to meet ce...
Alice Kitajima posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Accessibility in 'historic' structures
We are a small botanical garden in California and we have limited indoor space. We have a structure that was built about 50 years ago (before ADA codes) and it's been closed off to the public for various reasons. There is now a discussion to open it up to use as exhibit space. However, it is not ADA compliant (ex. doorway is too narrow). I've looked at
Krista Dawson posted a reply on Re: PD/staff training tracking platform
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Said: Thanks for the insight Jamie! That is a useful workaround if we want to get started quickly :)Appreciate your fast response too!
Jamie McDowell posted a reply on Re: PD/staff training tracking platform
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Said: We don't have a portal or platform and I wouldn't pretend what do is perfect, but...We use Jotform as our form builder for collecting info so we just created some additional forms or "quizzes" that our team takes peridocially.&n...
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