Share Center

Location: Salinas, CA

Year: Completed in 2021

Budget: $6,000,000

Due to the exponential increase in unsheltered communities, the County of Monterey recognized the importance to fund an emergency shelter. WMA worked with a team of 14 members to determine the appropriate programming for the facility.

The site needed to provide a full service 24-hour day center and a separate sleeping facility for 100 guests, flexible enough to house families, women, and men. In the interest of meeting the $5 million budget and schedule due to a grant, WMA proposed a single 16,000 SF prefabricated metal building to accommodate all needs.

The result:

A day center consisting of a reception, waiting room, staff offices, staff break-room, health clinic, counseling offices, library, children’s program room, multipurpose room, dining room, and a full-service commercial kitchen for serving and training.

A site including a 27 space parking lot with mobile health van parking, dog park, pet kennels, outdoor dining, outdoor activity space, and separate children’s outdoor space.

A sleeping facility providing 100 beds. Living spaces are provided with wayfinding features and a name plate to personalize each room. A block of rooms is provided with special doors to allow staff to flip the entrance side, providing more flexibility and security for different groups (i.e. families, women, men).