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Friends of the Truckee Library, JPA partners advance new regional library site and schematic design
Summary
Friends of the Truckee Library reported partner coordination, community outreach and an updated site that preserves a farmers market and adds parking; the group says philanthropic capacity could reach $7–$12 million and reported $500,000 raised in 2024.
April Cole, executive director of Friends of the Truckee Library, presented the library coalition’s progress at the Feb. 18 Good Morning Truckee event. The project is now part of a Truckee Library Joint Powers Authority (JPA) that includes the Town of Truckee, Nevada County and Placer County; the partners have been working on site selection, schematic design and early fundraising.
What the Friends reported - Partnership and design: The project team includes JKAE (local mountain architecture) and Group 4 (library design specialists). Cole said the design work used community input to size spaces around priorities identified in two rounds of outreach that reached about 4,000 participants. - Site update and parking: The group…
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