The DeWitt Community Library has announced that it will hold a groundbreaking event for the new $8.3 million library facility that will serve residents in Jamesville/DeWitt as well as the greater community.
The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the new facility site, 5110 Jamesville Road, DeWitt. Present at the ceremony will be Wendy Scott, DCL executive director; Mary Keib Smith, president, DCL Board of Trustees; and State Sen. John A. DeFrancisco. All are invited to attend the event.
The new 23,700 square foot library building, nearly double the current size, is located in the center of its service area and is accessible from routes 481, 5 and 173. It includes design elements requested by the community in visioning meetings such as flexible program space, a large community room, a maker space and digital production labs.
The current library, located in Shoppingtown Mall, was not designed for library use and is cramped, inefficient, inflexible and not thoroughly ADA compliant.
The new library is primarily being funded from a tax levy approved by taxpayers in the JD school district, from library cash reserves and through a mortgage with Community Bank. The balance will be raised through a $1 million capital campaign that has already yielded more than $400,000 towards the effort.
The new library expected to open August 2017.
