Louisville Zoo Annual Report 2017-2018 | Page 18

OUR MASTER PLAN & LEADERSHIP CAPITAL CAMPAIGN RESTROOMS TICKETING AND GUEST SERVICES There has never been a more critical time for the role a modern-accredited zoo plays in the well-being of our SHARK CONSERVATION INSTITUTE MARKET PLAZA communities and our natural environment. With 7.5 billion human beings on the planet, a number expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, a vast majority of whom either live or are flocking into urban centers, humanity’s disconnection from nature has become an epidemic of alarming proportions. Located near our own urban center, the Louisville Zoo continues to find new ways to help families engage and connect with their Zoo, to educate and inspire, and to make lasting memories. To keep doing this important work, we know we must keep improving, enhancing, and expanding our offerings. We must keep communicating our mission in compelling new ENTRY PLAZA ways. We must keep innovating. We must keep up with the future — or better, help build it. GUEST ENTRY OPEN “MARKET” RETAIL CONCEPT OUR MASTER PLAN BUILDING THE ZOO OF ZOO ARTWORK GUEST DROP-OFF Launched in February 2016, our Master Plan calls for $180 million –AND FOR– MASTER PLAN UPDATE F E B R UA R Y 8, 2016 in projects to be introduced in phases over the next 15 years based on fundraising. The plan includes: a new entry, the snow 21 leopard habitat, the Safari Base Camp education gathering space, African savanna, a shark conservation institute, an expanded waterpark, a primate passage, the Crocotorium, Kentucky Trails, and an outdoor passage exhibit in our Islands area. OUR LEADERSHIP CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Thanks to the generous donations to our Leadership Capital Campaign, the Zoo broke ground on $8.9 million in construction in early 2018. Snow Leopard Pass, our new snow leopard exhibit, will also feature an adjacent early learning play space, the Cub House, presented by PNC. Meanwhile, our new African primate exhibit, Columbus Crossing, will be introducing two new species Through innovation, research-based design, and greater insights, of monkeys to the Zoo and supporting conservation efforts the Zoo is preparing to challenge ourselves and our guests globally. We’re also at work on an expanded dining area at our to see the natural world from a new perspective and to make African Outpost. All of these new exhibits and facilities are more meaningful contributions as a reimagined 21st-century scheduled to open in spring 2019. Thank you! zoological institution. Mr. William R. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Craig Monteleone Mr. Guy T. Montgomery Ms. Leona Montgomery Ms. Diane C. Moon Ms. Barbara T. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Morris Ms. Katherine Morrison Mr. Michael Morton Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Mueller Ms. Sonora C. Mullins Councilman and Mrs. E. Patrick Mulvihill Mr. Walter Munday Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Murtland Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Myres Mr. Dan Neie Mr. Jeffrey Newton Mr. J. D. Niehaus and Ms. Angela D. Koshewa Ms. Sarah Noble Ms. Emily Noonan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nord Mr. Manuel E. Odum Mr. and Mrs. John Olash Tracy Oldaker Mr. Nicholas A. Oliver Mr. Mark Oschwald Ms. Sarah F. Otter Mr. Morry Owen Mr. and Mrs. Tuna Ozyurekoglu Drs. John R. and Lynn P. Parker Ms. Suresh B. Patel Ms. Sarah M. Patterson Ms. Dorothy L. Paxton Ms. Jody A. Peace Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Pease Mr. and Mrs. Marvin P. Peers Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. Pennybaker Ms. Hallie Perkins Miss Kirsten Perkins Jennifer Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Steve C. Perkins Miss Kellianne Piell Ms. Brandy Pierre Ms. Andrea A. Pittenger Mr. and Mrs. Clinton J. Plummer Ms. Stephanie Powell Ms. Carolyn A. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Enos M. Pray James Price Mr. Stephen F. Puccini Drs Rammohan and Anila Ragade Mr. John M. Ransdell Ms. Marci B. Reed Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Regan Ms. Michele L. Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Adam Reuther Ms. Judith M. Reverman Ms. Ashley Reynolds Colonel and Mrs. David H. Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Robenson Taylor Robertson Ms. Deborah Robertson Ms. Agatha Roman Ms. Suzanne A. Ronniger Mr. and Mrs. George Rorrer Suzanne Rose Ms. Janice M. Roy Mr. and Mrs. Tommy L. Russell Mary Anne Ryan Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rybak Mr. James W. Saffer, Jr. Dr. Roger D. Salot Ms. Kate Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Sanders, III Mr. Jason P. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Dale K. Sandusky Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schade Mr. Edward J. Schreiner and Mr. Donald Johnson Ms. Martha Schroeder and Ms. Mary Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. A. Duane Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Schweiger Ms. Rebecca Schweizer Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Schweizer Ms. Sandra Sego Mr. Christian B. Seidt Mr. and Mrs. Price Senesac Ms. Robyn Shier Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Shina Ms. Cathleen Shircliff Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shircliff 19