Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Thank you Kathleen Flynn

by J.B.

With Thanksgiving approaching, we’d like to give our thanks to a very special supporter. Kathleen Flynn is an architect who has donated her considerable talents to many projects, from public memorial spaces to affordable housing for people in rural and underserved communities. We connected with Kathleen through the 1% Program of Public Architecture, a service that links organizations in need of design assistance with architects willing to donate their time, and we’re both excited to collaborate on a new project for the sanctuary. Through her firm, Wild Goose Architecture, Kathleen has been helping us design our new veterinary clinic addition and develop master facilities and site plans for the sanctuary.

On her website, Kathleen notes that she takes inspiration from the wild goose, which the ancient Celts viewed as “energetically quirky”. Kathleen, if you’re looking for energetic quirkiness, you’ve come to the right place…

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  1. Amy M says

    I am absolutely thrilled! The founder of Public Architecture and its 1% program, John Peterson, is the son of an old friend of mine.

  2. Denice says

    Thank you for all the time and effort you have put into this project so far. I look forward to all the changes you and JB have worked on for the Sanctuary. Very exciting times for the Sanctuary and the “7”.

  4. Kathleen says

    Thank you Amy, Denice, Margaret and Karen!
    Our approach to the project has been so thoughtfully considered and so fundamentally kind, it has been a pleasure!
    And I have grown very fond of the individual chimps, each with a remarkable story of resilience and hope. It’s wonderful to see the peace and wellbeing on their faces as a result of the understanding and care that they are experiencing…. and to see their sense of fun, their antics and their intelligence emerging. I think that CSNW has much to offer the world. This is the stuff of Life!
    Happy Thanksgiving to all~
    PS Amy: When I was in California in September, I stopped by Public Architecture’s office for a brief visit…just to say ‘hello.’ It’s a wonderful entity, isn’t it!