Library Expansion Plan

We're building a better future, adding more library space without raising taxes. Read the Strategy for Facility Expansion and view design plans as they happen (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)

Expansion News

• January 16, 2008: Board Agrees to Increase Expansion Budget
• December 19, 2007: Cook Selects Aspen Drive Site
• October 24, 2007: Preliminary Design Plans Unveiled
• August 29, 2007: Cook's Return On Investment
• August 27, 2007: A Message From the Architect
• August 22, 2007: Board Approves Contract with Gilfillan Callahan

Tentative Timeline
Schedule proposed by Gilfillan Callahan Nelson Architects. Subject to change.

• August 2007: Employ architectural firm
• August 2007: Begin simultaneous design for both projects
• February 2008: Library staff and Board review schematic design
• March 2008: Library staff reviews development designs
• April 2008: Library Board approves design development
• June 2008: Library Board approves bidding specs
• June-August 2008: Permitting process
• September 2008: Receipt of contractor bid proposals
• October 2008: Library board awards construction contract
• October 2008: Construction starts
• October 2009: Move-in

More Information

• Expansion Strategy fact sheet
• Library Director Dan Armstrong answers your expansion questions

For More Information

Contact Dan Armstrong with questions or comments about the library expansion plan.

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