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Miami Township Library plans 7,500‑square‑foot North Bend branch, targets 2026 opening
Summary
Library manager Carrie Bernard told the Village of North Bend council that a single‑story, roughly 7,500‑square‑foot branch is planned to replace the current 2,500‑square‑foot location; officials highlighted parking, accessibility and summer programming while no formal decisions were required of council.
Carrie Bernard, manager for the Miami Township Library, told the Village of North Bend council on May 19 that library leadership is planning a single‑story branch of about 7,500 square feet to replace the current roughly 2,500‑square‑foot facility, with work on architectural plans this year and a target to break ground in 2026.
Bernard said community input from an April 3 engagement session emphasized keeping a “community library feel,” accessibility, parking and dedicated spaces for children, teens and adults. She described meeting rooms and study rooms among commonly requested features and said the project appears on the library’s Facilities Master Plan and the NextGen project page on the library website.
The library manager told council the new site would provide more parking than the current building and that planners have acquired adjacent property for future parking expansion. “It will not be two stories … they’re guessing it’s gonna be 7,500 square feet,” Bernard said. She also said the plan shows about 38 parking spaces in early site concepts.
Bernard outlined planned public programming tied to the project timeline: a summer reading kickoff for children through age 18 set to start May 31, and community events including a trivia night and a plant swap. She listed partners and sponsors the library has lined up for programming, including Raising Cane’s and a Reds partnership that will provide promotional tickets “as long as supplies last,” and invited the council to promote the events.
Council members asked about partnerships such as Queen City Book Bank and whether the community center currently used by the library would move; Bernard said the library has multiple partnerships handled by the system’s lifelong learning department and that the trustees who currently rent space to the library would determine the community center’s future. She said the library has provided printed copies of the April presentation to the council and that additional information is on the NextGen page.
No formal council action was requested or taken on the project at the May 19 meeting. Bernard left the meeting early after her presentation and said the library will continue work on architectural plans and community outreach through the coming year.
