LIBRARY

around $26.5 million in the project and contracted with Centennialbased Fransen Pittman for construction.

e new building will be twostories and 42,000 square feet of public library and 20,000 square feet of library sta space with numerous upgrades from the current library, which opened in 2003 and is 45,000 square feet.

“ e building we’re in now was a Safeway before (Douglas County Libraries) moved in, so we had to retro t the building for our needs, but the new library will be built for us,” Nanci Marr, marketing and communications manager for the libraries, said.

e larger building is needed to keep up with the growth of the town and the demand for library resources, Marr said.