Sierra Madre holds community session on furniture, accessibility and makerspace for renovated library

City staff and consultants on a Saturday morning asked Sierra Madre residents for input on furniture, accessibility and flexible spaces for the city’s renovated library, while outlining a roughly $1.2 million fundraising target for furniture and equipment and confirming a makerspace in the lower-level program area.

The meeting brought together library staff, trustees, designers from TSK Architects and residents to review renderings and ask what types of seating and fixtures the community wants in the children’s room, teen room, quiet reading areas and the community meeting room.

“we really wanna hear from the community about what type of furniture you would like to see in the library,” said Jonathan from TSK Architects, who led the presentation and showed renderings of seating arrangements, study pods, and flexible storage systems.

Why it matters: the furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) are being funded separately through donations and grants rather than the building grant; choices will shape accessibility, programming and how often movable items must be stored or moved between levels.

“This will be the first time our library will be ADA compliant,” said Leila…