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- WRI Wins Bid!
- WRI Resume
- Clarity on our position
- Chronology
- C.U.P. Application
- Wildlife Center Naming Opportunities
The Wildlife Center
After all the delays, Wildlife Response, Inc (WRI) is finally realizing its long-held goal of creating a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, following a 10-1 vote by Virginia Beach City Council to award the much-anticipated competitive Bid Lease to WRI this past Tuesday evening.Council's vote follows on 8 months of evaluation by a specially-chosen review committee, during which formal proposals were submitted last August, interviews were conducted in December, and a unanimous vote by the review committee endorsed the proposal submitted by WRI.Provision of this proposed Wildlife Rehabilitation Center will help already over-tasked agencies run more efficiently. By combining the existing volunteer...
Read MoreWRI Resume
Executive SummaryWildlife Response, Inc. (WRI) was organized in 1992 to meet the increasing need for care of wildlife in the Hampton Roads area. Local permitted wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and other individuals laid the foundation for what WRI is today. Since these humble beginnings, WRI has quietly grown into a solid organization, committed to the community, continuing to grow in its membership and vision.Skills/Experience WRI’s volunteer base includes trained veterinary professionals and dedicated volunteers from all walks of life. WRI member rehabilitators are permitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia and by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The...
Read MoreClarity on the Wildlife Center
Wildlife Response, Inc. (WRI) has received a number of questions concerning our recent Lease Bid Proposal filed with the City of Virginia Beach to develop and operate a wildlife center that, when combined with recent misinformation published in the media, compels us to provide clarifying information on a few issues.WRI is the appropriate party to operate a Wildlife Center in Virginia BeachWRI has provided nearly 20 years of wildlife rehabilitation services to Hampton Roads, and has long been the region’s most active organization helping rehabilitate the region’s injured and orphaned wildlife, whereas the competing bidder WREN was only organized in...
Read MoreChronology of Events
Pertinent Chronologic Events 2011 WRI submits a bid to lease Virginia Beach owned property on August 9th WRI receives unanimous approval for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to develop and operate a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach from City Council on May 10th The City requests WRI to host a collaboration meeting with group (later identified as WREN) to attempt Collaboration on April 12th WRI receives unanimous approval for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to develop and operate a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach from the Planning Commission on February 9th 2010 WRI’s Application for a CUP for Wildlife Rehabilitation Center...
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Planning Staff report to the February 9, 2011 Planning Commission Public Hearing The entire C.U.P. Application is available for download here The public hearing from February 2011 is available at the City of Virginia Beach's website. The entire hearing is quite long and of course includes other city business. Our agenda item starts at about 22:18 in the video. Find it HERE. The public hearing from May 2011 is also available at the City of Virginia Beach's website. This hearing is also very long. Our agenda item starts at about 81:15 in the video. Find it HERE. {phocagallery view=category|categoryid=22|limitstart=0|limitcount=0|imageshadow=shadow1|fontcolor=#b36b00|bgcolor=#fcfcfc|bgcolorhover=#f5f5f5|imagebgcolor=#f5f5f5|bordercolor=#e8e8e8|bordercolorhover=#b36b00|detail=4|piclens=0|displayimgrating=0|imageordering=9}...
Read MoreWildlife Center Naming Opportunities
We do have several naming opportunities at different giving levels. See the information below. If you would like to download a pdf document of the information below, click here.
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