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Garland Public Library sets Central Library ribbon-cutting for July 12; downtown Express to close June 22
Summary
Garland Public Library received a certificate of occupancy for the new Central Library on June 4 and plans a July 12 public opening. Central Library Express will close June 22 for about three weeks while staff move materials and complete training. West Garland branch furniture has arrived; its grand opening timing remains tentative.
Garland Public Library officials said the new Central Library received a certificate of occupancy on June 4 and will open to the public with a ribbon-cutting and daylong celebration on Saturday, July 12.
The library announced that Central Library Express downtown will remain open through Saturday, June 21; beginning Sunday, June 22 the Express location will close and “there’ll be about 3 weeks that there will be no library services in Downtown Garland” while staff box, move and install materials at the new Central location, library staff said.
The closure will be followed by a full-day opening celebration on July 12 running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with programs, tours, children’s events, food trucks and a band on the…
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