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How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect occupancy needs

Gupta to Address Looming Space Issues for Not-for-Profit Groups

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COVID-19 Resource, Leadership

How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect occupancy needs, planning and future commitments for not-for-profit organizations?

Raj Gupta will offer his insights during “2020: A Space Planning Odyssey,” a virtual video program put together by The Rooftops Project, on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 9 a.m.-noon CDT. Gupta will focus on space planning, utilization and design as the panel assesses what spaces with public audiences – like those for the arts, education, health and social services, and worship – look like as staff and visitors return to a physical environment.

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