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Board directs staff to pursue MOU and preliminary design for a new Fletcher Library

Henderson County Board of Commissioners · May 1, 2026
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Summary

After a presentation on usage and facility constraints at the Fletcher branch, the Board asked county staff and the county attorney to work with the Town of Fletcher to draft a memorandum of understanding, and requested a preliminary programming and cost estimate from an architectural partner to explore a new Fletcher Library.

Library Director Trina Rushing told the Board April 15 that Fletcher Library is the library system's oldest branch and remains the busiest even though it is smaller than other branches. Rushing presented usage and facility indicators showing constrained collection space, limited quiet rooms, insufficient program capacity, accessibility concerns in…

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