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A look inside

Take a tour with us as we walk through the addition! While the bricklayers are hard at work on the exterior walls and the roofers are laying shingles up top, the construction team is busy framing of interior walls, study […]

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A View Inside

Our construction project is currently on schedule and coming along smoothly. Here are some highlights: Eastgate Branch The Board of Library trustees approved closing the Eastgate Branch for one week in April in order to complete a significant amount of […]

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Better Restrooms on the Way!

The public restrooms at our main library located on Harnish will be renovated this spring! Renovations include automatic faucets, quieter hand dryers, and automated door operators for easier access. The lower level restrooms will be CLOSED for renovation starting March 16. […]

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Big Changes Coming to Youth Services

If you’ve been at the library recently, you know there’s a lot happening on both levels — and even in between! Here’s what’s happening on our lower level in the Youth Services Department: The play area is getting a big […]

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Brick work, roofing, walls etc.

Thanks to the lovely weather the week of November 27 and the hard work of our construction team, the Harnish addition is coming along at a great pace! If you’ve been at Harnish, the last few weeks, you’ve been hearing the roofing […]

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Building Excitement

Progress continues on the Harnish addition, as wall studs continue to go up and roofing trusses are added. We’re grateful for the nice weather, which has allowed construction to stay on track and on schedule. Every day brings subtle but […]

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Community Rock Project

In late August/early September, cardholders and community members alike had an opportunity to be part of the foundation of the new addition. A display by the main entrance featured a supply of rocks that people could sign or write a […]

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Construction Continues at Harnish

Over the last few weeks, library visitors and staff have watched as the main library’s 8,000-square-foot addition took shape. We’ve all enjoyed watching concrete forms go into place, the pouring of the foundation wall, steel floor forms being laid down, the […]

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Construction Continues at Harnish

With the completion of the Harnish Main Library addition, the construction project officially moved into Phase 2. We hope you’ve had an opportunity to explore both levels of the new addition and – from the Quiet Reading Room on the […]

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Construction FAQs

This summer, AAPLD will wrap up its construction/renovation project that began in August 2017. A lot is going on behind the scenes and we are just as excited as you are to finish. In the meantime, we thought we’d answer […]