In the coming months, the Carter County mayor’s office will be looking to help build up the infrastructure inside the Elizabethton-Carter County Animal Shelter (ECCAS).
Carter County Mayor Leon Humphrey, along with a host of volunteers and members from the office, recently stopped by the shelter and installed a new television screen inside the lobby and other items to prepare for the coming fall year.
“We’re going to be using the monitor as a way to display the animals that are up for adoption and also use it for training,” Susan Robinson, with the mayor’s office, said.
Robinson and Humphrey both credited the work of the current staff and volunteers at the shelter, including director Stacey Heiden, for the work being done inside the facility.
“We have different rescue programs in place now,” Robinson said. “We want to help the shelter continue its goal of being a safe and welcoming facility for animals and citizens.”
The mayor’s office will soon see a command center of sorts be implemented, Robinson added. Interns will work inside the building on a variety of issues, including economic development, marketing and assisting the shelter.
“There are so many things somebody can do at the shelter,” she added. “Even if it is just stopping by to walk the animals, we want to encourage people to come out and help the shelter anyway that they can.”
Future plans inside the building include renovations in the building to move adoptable animals out of the lobby to interact more with animals in the remainder of the building, Robinson said. On Friday, the facility also saw multiple cat cages put in place.
For more information, contact the mayor’s office at 542-1801.