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Consultants present $109M roadmap to expand downtown Georgetown library; council questions timing and staffing costs
Summary
Consultants presented a long-range plan that recommends expanding Georgetown’s downtown library and adding outreach services such as hold lockers and micro-branches, while warning that staffing and construction costs could push a major expansion into a multi-year financial plan.
Consultants working with the Georgetown Public Library and a city steering committee presented a draft long-range plan that recommends expanding the downtown library, increasing hold-locker and outreach services, adding staffing and considering micro-branches before building new full-service branch libraries.
Sally (library staff) introduced Doug Moss and Lisonbee Kritz of Steinberg Hart, the consultant team, who described a three-part analysis: community and user input, peer benchmarking and architectural recommendations.
Consultants said public feedback favors maintaining a single primary downtown facility while expanding services. Their recommendations included expanding and renovating the existing downtown building; enlarging digital and physical collections; deploying hold lockers and errand services (book pick-up/drop-off) at city-owned sites such as the Carver Center and Sun City; piloting pop-up libraries and micro-branches in leased spaces; and…
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