Lott history

Lott’s school in 1959 merged with a county program operated by the Child Welfare Board.

In 1961, a 55 acre tract of land in south Toledo was selected as the site for a new school.

Larc Lane School opened in 1962.

In 1965, ground was broken for a new adult facility to be built across the street from Larc Lane School.

The State of Ohio created county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities in 1967.

Jay Shuer School in Oregon opened in 1971.

Miss Ella Suydam died at the homestead in 1989.

The facility on Ashland Avenue was closed in 1991 when a new Adult Services Center/Lott Industries plant was opened on Holland Road in Maumee.

Another not-for-profit corporation, Preferred Properties, was created in 1992 to manage the supported housing program.

In September 1995, they began a four-year long-range planning process, resulting in the Wastewater Resource Management Plan.

A new Intergovernmental Agreement was approved by the four LOTT partners (Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, and Thurston County) in January 2000 to restructure LOTT and implement the plan.

In 2002, the functions of Community Living Options were incorporated into Board operations.

In 2004, the first upgrade under the new plan occurred at the Budd Inlet Treatment Plant, with the addition of a sand filter system to produce reclaimed water.

The same year, construction began on the Martin Way Reclaimed Water Plant, which began operation in 2006.

LOTT opened its Regional Services Center building in 2010, located on the Budd Inlet Treatment Plant campus.