Wichita residents will learn more details about the proposed new Central Library next week. KMUW’s Deborah Shaar has the story.
Leaders from the Wichita Public Library Foundation are expected to present their final report on the design phase to City Council on Tuesday.
Plans call for the new Central library to be built on land near Second and McLean, just southwest of Exploration Place.
The project has been in the works since 2006 and is expected to cost about 30-million.
Director of Libraries Cynthia Berner says the new library will be a place where people can come together as well as access information.
“We have come up with a preliminary design for a building that will not only meet today’s needs for the public library, but it will take us well into the future as the public library services continue to evolve,” Berner says.
The current Central Library on Main Street opened in 1967.
For more information, visit supportwichitalibraries.org.