The Seattle Public Library invites community members to share their "hopes and dreams" for the new Montlake Branch from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23 at the Montlake Community Center, 1618 E. Calhoun St., Tudor Building. For more information, call Justine Kim, Library project manager, at (206) 615-1329.
The meeting will give residents an opportunity to describe their vision for the building, and discuss preferences in services and programs, collections, and artwork. Members of the Seattle Public Library board of trustees and the Library's Capital Program Office, and designers from Weinstein Copeland Architects will be present to hear from residents and to answer questions about the project.
The new $2,583,000 library, which is scheduled to open in 2004, will have an updated and expanded collection of 18,700 books and materials, more seats, a meeting room, upgraded technology services and equipment, and parking. The current 1,574-square-foot library is located in a converted retail store at 2300 24th Ave. E. The new library will be built on the northwest corner of 24th Avenue East and East McGraw Street.
Voters approved the new library as part of the $196.4 million "Libraries for All" bond measure passed in 1998. The plan calls for improving or replacing all 22 branch libraries, building five new branches and building a new central library.
The Foundation is in the midst of a "Campaign for Seattle's Public Libraries" with the goal of raising $77.5 million from private sources to enhance the public bond commitment. Every dollar raised will ensure the library system reflects our community's needs in buildings, books, technology and people, long into the future. For more information about "Libraries for All" or the Foundation, visit the Library's Web site at www.spl.org.
(For more information, call Caroline Young Ullmann, communications assistant, 206-615-1627.)
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