MKWC's New Office in Happy Camp

With a burgeoning amount of restoration projects around Happy Camp and further upriver, a growing set of employees based in Happy Camp, and a small rental office we’ve outgrown, MKWC purchased a building in Happy Camp, CA in October 2023. The previous owners ran a pharmacy in the space for over 20 years and upon retirement, they were thinking about selling. When a tree came crashing through the roof in December 2022 (no one was injured!), MKWC negotiated an agreement with the owners to purchase the building after we repaired the roof. Though we weren’t the pharmacy operators they were hoping for, they expressed that they wanted the building to go to a new owner that provides local jobs in the Happy Camp community.

Over the last 10 months, MKWC has repaired the roof, painted the interior, and replaced the flooring, toilets, and light fixtures. We are transforming the building into a functional, revitalized space to home our growing staff.

This building remodel has already made a difference. Our new office space in Happy Camp is almost 10 times bigger than the previous office space we rented. We expanded from 1 desk to 10, with room for more. Within the first 3 months of moving into the space, MKWC hired 6 new staff based out of Happy Camp. We currently have 20 staff based in Happy Camp working across our four programs. It is so exciting to finally feel we have an office space that can support our Happy Camp based staff, both current and future, and take a tangible step towards increased economic development in the community. We hope that by fixing up this building we can support the rebuilding of the Happy Camp community after the Slater Fire, as well as continue to provide good jobs for the growing restoration workforce in the Mid Klamath.