Evergreen library remodeling plans move forward

Construction expected to start in August

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Evergreen library will get a facelift starting in August, a project that has been 12 years in the making.

e Je erson County Public Library board of directors will look at the nal plans and pricing for the $3.5 million project at its June 15 meeting, according to Executive Director Donna Walker.

“A lot of resources are going up there,” Walker said. “We are excited about this design. We began planning to redesign the Evergreen Library in 2011, and we’re going to get it done.” e pandemic delayed plans to remodel the building, which will not be expanded as part of the remodel. e 17,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1993. e library will be closed during construction, and library o cials are looking at other options to provide temporary library service, Walker said. e entry will be opened up, and sta space will be recon gured with a smaller service desk that faces the doors, kiosks for self-checkout for patrons, a work room and break room. An open teen area will be in the southeast corner of the building, and the children’s area will be recongured with larger spaces for story times and other children’s activities. e community room will be enlarged with the ability to split it into two spaces as needed, and additional small-group study rooms will be in the northeast corner of the building.

One of the redesign’s priorities includes keeping the quiet reading room with the replace in the back of the building the same.

In keeping with the community’s wishes, the redesign will be in a traditional style that is warm, cozy, welcoming, light, natural and rustic.