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[Lead Presenter(s)] Kent McGuire, Ohio AgrAbility [Activity] 
Enhancing Access to Greenhouse Facilities Using ADA Compliance Guidelines The American Disabilities Act (ADA) was updated in September 2010. Ohio AgrAbility has used this information to help greenhouse employers and community based agricultural programs create accessible and usable spaces within greenhouses, hoop houses and high tunnel structures. These guidelines are instrumental in the planning of new greenhouse structures or can be a series of changes or modifications that can be used in an existing greenhouse facility. Merging the ADA standards with specific application techniques will help greenhouse facilities provide an accessible facility without reducing the functionality of a greenhouse. This session will focus on the interpretation of the standards outlined by the act, describe how to implement these standards into greenhouse structures and showcase how to provide a comfortable, safe atmosphere for the users, regardless of ability or disability.
2013 AgrAbility National AgrAbility Workshop
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