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Boise Public Library to close downtown first floor for 9'12 months starting September 2025 for major renovations
Summary
Library director Jessica Doerr told council the downtown library will close the First Floor for substantial electrical, plumbing, HVAC and accessibility upgrades beginning September 2025; the Second and Third floors will remain open and the project is expected to take 9 to 12 months.
Jessica Doerr, director of the Boise Public Library, told the Boise City Council that the downtown library will undergo a major renovation of the First Floor beginning with construction preparation in August and a projected construction start in September 2025.
Doerr said the work is the final phase of a facilities plan that began after a 2020 council decision and a subsequent conditional facilities assessment. She said the renovations will replace core building systems (electrical, plumbing, HVAC), add accessible restrooms in the youth services area, relocate the circulation desk and expand flexible program space. Doerr said these system upgrades also include a new fire pump, a 30-year roof, geothermal-line replacement…
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