Thursday, July 16, 2009

Library Asks Residents for Input on New Sites

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System is seeking input from citizens on the location of five new libraries to be constructed as part of the library’s facility master plan.

A total eight total new libraries will be built. Of those, three will be located on existing or donated land parcels.

The Facility Master Plan, approved in the Nov. 4, 2008 general election, will significantly enhance Fulton County’s public libraries with 8 new libraries, 2 expanded libraries and 23 renovated libraries. Of the 8 new libraries, 5 have not yet been sited, and the library system requests input of site recommendations by July 30, 2009. Phase one of project will include the new and expanded libraries.

Site selection applies to the five of eight new library sites where a parcel of land has not yet been identified:

  • Milton
  • Alpharetta
  • Stewart-Lakewood
  • Southeast Atlanta
  • Northwest Atlanta

Sites have been identified for three other libraries:

  • Wolf Creek
  • Palmetto/Chattahoochee Hill Country
  • East Roswell

Residents may submit site recommendations by July 30 to the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System via the following ways:

- Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Website
- Email: librarycomments@fultoncountyga.gov
- Fax: 404-335-5291
- Via Mail: Branch Services, Central Library, One Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA 30303

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