SURGE HOSPITAL SPECS:

• Bigger is better – larger facilities are easier to staff and supply – prefer a smaller number of very large facilities, even if they don’t match perfectly with the criteria below
• Utilities (power, water, lighting, etc) and HVAC/temperature control are essential
• 1 million SF is their ideal size
• Lease between 4-6 Months
• 40-80K SF is the minimum worth pursuing (retail or office)
• Open floorplan
• Floorplans of 10K SF or larger
• Multiple floors are better than one giant enclosed space (like an armory), but one big space can work
• Potential to hook up to a generator (for backup power) is good
• Nice to haves: ADA access, bathrooms and showers, lighting control

DON’T HAVE A VENUE?

Go to: CANHELPNEEDSHELP.COM to register as an event industry-based in-person or virtual volunteer and sign up for the NATIONAL SITE OPERATIONS DATABASE.

Virtually volunteer to visit with Brooklyn seniors by contacting the Volunteer Program at Heights and Hills (81 Willoughby Street, 3rd floor Brooklyn, NY 11201) by contacting: amatos@heightsandhills.org.

Register as a virtual translator for non-English speaking patients at Stony Brook hospital by contacting: roseanna.ryan@stonybrookmedicine.edu.

ALSO – Fill out the New York City Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and Entertainment and Women in Hospitality United’s industry-related surveys to provide important feedback for relief efforts.
Women in Hospitality United Survey
Mayor’s Office of N&E Survey

Donate and Support: Service Workers’ Coalition (Brooklyn)
New York Hospitality Coalition

Donate meals to frontline workers with:
Cantina Royal
Honey Badger

Support local music venues on: ship-ing.com

Please add additional resources, surveys and more in the comments section.

And if you are missing the party like we are, please head over to our Mood Board page for a virtual trip down memory lane, or if you are a client or venue we work with and want to send us a digital “Thanks!” for past work, please leave us a Google review if you haven’t yet – they’re like gold to us 🙂

Remember! We’re New York tough!