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McAlester library director reports progress on renovation, summer programs and temporary operations
Summary
City library manager and advisory board update council on renovation progress, summer services at a temporary site and program statistics; fundraising items such as naming rights and an endowment remain unfilled.
Heath Stanfield, manager of the McAlester Public Library, told the McAlester City Council that interior demolition is complete and the renovation is “ahead of schedule,” with an expected finish in the May–June timeframe. Stanfield said the project preserved the existing structure and estimated that rebuilding from scratch would cost about $32 million, making the current renovation a “phenomenal investment.”
The update emphasized continued library services at a temporary location at Edmondo Elementary School. Stanfield said the library served roughly 3,000 visitors in May and circulated 3,761 items that month (about 1,900 to adults and 1,800 to…
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