Creating New Stories: The Campaign for a New Library in Silverdale

Creating New Stories The Campaign for a New Library in Silverdale

2/12/2021

A New Story for Silverdale For over three decades, Central Kitsap has needed a new library. Since then, Silverdale has flourished from a sleepy, mostly rural area to a thriving regional marketplace.

Now, this long held dream is close to becoming a reality. In the fall of 2018, Kitsap Regional Library launched a partnership with the Central Kitsap School District to relocate the library in Silverdale to the south end of the Central Kitsap High School campus. With a high school and middle school, multiple sports fields

and tennis courts, a 900-seat auditorium and a family-friendly walking trail, the campus is expertly focused on enriching our kids. With a new public library, this campus will be an invaluable place for the whole community.

Overlooking Dye’s Inlet and Mount Rainier, and more than double the current

library’s size, the new library becomes the “front porch” of the campus. And with dedicated space for children, tweens and teens and community meeting and study rooms, it will dramatically improve the experience of visiting patrons.

Patrons will enjoy increased access to computers and more books, music and movies and much needed parking.

Through the generosity of our donors, we have raised 84 percent of our

5.5 million dollar goal and we are now in our fundraising campaign’s final

phase, the Community Campaign for a New Library in Silverdale. To kick off the Community Campaign, the Friends of the Silverdale Library raised $100,000

toward the campaign and have challenged the community to match their gift.

Kitsap Regional Library and Kitsap Regional Library Foundation are proud to serve the community, especially the hundreds of students on the campus, with this inspiring and impactful investment in the community’s future.

Library Opens Fall 2021

Fundraising Goal $5.5 M

Space

12,000 sq. ft.

Location

3700 NW Anderson Hill Rd Silverdale, WA 98383

Common Questions When will the new library be open?

Currently, the new library is scheduled to open in late fall of 2021. Unexpected changes to the construction timeline could affect this date.

Will this library replace the school’s library?

No, they are already doing outstanding work! The Central Kitsap School District will continue to provide library services specific to their students’ needs. While also serving the broader Kitsap community,

Kitsap Regional Library will support the school’s efforts by offering students a place to go after school and additional homework support and resources.

What will happen to the current library building and the property on Bucklin Hill Road?

Owned by Kitsap Regional Library, the current building and the Bucklin Hill Road site will be sold at fair

market value. While most of the new library is funded by donor contributions through the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation and the Friends of the Silverdale Library, profits from these sales have been factored into the funding needed to build the library.

Silverdale by the Numbers

Population

Visits

Collection Size

Central Kitsap has grown 300% in 30 years

10,000 patrons visit

the library each month

The collection will increase 25%

Square Footage

Computers

Meeting Rooms

Current 12 computers

Current 1 room

New 12,000 sq ft

New 20 computers

New 7 rooms

Parking Spaces

Seating

Budget

Current 12 spaces

Current 18 seats

New Over 100 spaces

New 36 seats

Current 4,950 sq ft

Design & Construction Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment Total

$4,913,507 $650,000 $5,563,507

Join Us Choose a funding level that’s meaningful for you.

We will proudly recognize all donors of $1,000 or more on the donor wall display in the new Library.

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Community Campaign

Major Gifts

Legacy Society

Every member of our

Your investment in the new

Join the legacy society and

make this dream a reality.

a thriving community.

endowment will support the

community can help

Library will help empower

your planned gift, bequest or Library’s mission.

Gifts from $1 up to $5K

Gifts from $5k - $1M

At least 10 new members

Our Goal: $100K

Our Goal: $1M

Our Goal: $2.5M

Naming Opportunities

Area

Value

Status

Library Commons

$1M

Temporarily reserved

Plaza

$1M

Temporarily reserved

Children’s Area

$750,000

Reserved

Meeting/Study Rooms

$250,000

Available

Individual Study Rooms

$100,000

Reserved

Give Today

Join the Campaign at supportkrl.org/silverdale-campaign

The new Silverdale branch of Kitsap Regional Library is supported by the fundraising efforts of the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation.

1301 Sylvan Way Bremerton, WA 98310

(360) 405 - 9150 supportKRL.org

Campaign and Project Leadership Kitsap Regional Library

Project Partner

Director, Jill Jean

Central Kitsap School District

Kitsap Regional Library Foundation

Special Thanks

Executive Director, Wendy Kile

Friends of the Silverdale Library

Assistant Director, Kari Driskell

Kitsap Regional Library Board of Trustees

Administrative Assistant, Kelly Eastman

Kitsap Regional Library Foundation Board of Directors

Architect Rice Fergus Miller