Public Input Requested for New Library Sites

From: District6@fultoncountyga.gov
To: District6@fultoncountyga.gov
Sent: 6/26/2009 2:09:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Public Input Requested for New Library Sites

 

Good Afternoon:

Please see the attached and share with friends, neighbors and customers as appropriate. Thanks

 

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Requests Public Input for

Site Recommendations for Five of its New Libraries

Atlanta – Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System is seeking input from citizens on the location of five new libraries to be constructed as part of the library's facility master plan. A total of eight new libraries will be built. Of those, three will be located on existing or donated land parcels.

The Facility Master Plan, approved in the November 4, 2008 general election, will significantly enhance Fulton County's public libraries with 8 new libraries, 2 expanded libraries and 23 renovated libraries. Of the 8 new libraries, 5 have not yet been sited, and the library system requests input of site recommendations by July 30, 2009. Phase 1 of project will include the new and expanded libraries.

Site selection applies to the five of eight new library sites where a parcel of land has not yet been identified:

Milton
Alpharetta
Stewart-Lakewood
Southeast Atlanta
Northwest Atlanta
Wolf Creek (site has been identified)
Palmetto/Chattahoochee Hill Country (site has been identified)
East Roswell (site has been identified)

Please submit your site recommendations by July 30, 2009 to the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System via the following ways:

- Online: www.afpls.org, click on Input on New Library Sites

- Email: librarycomments@fultoncountyga.gov

- Fax: 404-335-5291

- Mail: Branch Services, Central Library, One Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA 30303

 

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