A New $28.1M, 44,000 Sq. Ft. Public Library Opens in Henrico County, VA
From The Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Although Dr. Shockley DeWitt Gardner’s house and office on New Market Road are gone, the willow oak that graced the front yard still stands.
It is in the traffic circle fronting the $28.1 million Varina Area Library, which opened its doors for the first time Wednesday evening.
[Clip]
After the rainiest May in the region’s recorded history, the 43,885-square-foot building opened under sunny skies and a crowd of an estimated 2,500 people.
[Clip]
The building is the final project under Henrico’s 2005 bond referendum. Other library projects under it included the remodeling the Gayton Branch Library, the renovation and expansion of the Glen Allen Branch Library, and the replacement of the Dumbarton Library with a new building in the Libbie Mill development.
Read the Complete Article
Direct to Varnia Public Library (Part of the Henrico Country Library System)
Filed under: Libraries, News, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
ADVERTISEMENT
Archives
ADVERTISEMENT