With an eye to the future, the Washington County Library is currently assessing and re-imagining the building facilities of three of its libraries: Park Grove in Cottage Grove, Wildwood Library in Mahtomedi, and Valley Library in Lakeland.
The Park Grove and Wildwood library projects are major building construction projects that will offer improved facilities to serve visitors and patrons. The projects are each expected to be completed by fall 2020, and are funded through the proceeds of tax exempt bonds issued in 2019.
The Valley Library project is a study to assess how updates might provide useful changes to the library for its patrons, programming, and collections. Design recommendations from this study are expected to be presented to the County Board in summer 2018.
Information will be updated as progress is made on the projects.
We recently completed the first community engagement phase of each of our three building projects. To see the most recent updates for each project, please click the tabs below.
Attendees at the April 16 community engagement meeting were able to give input on what real-life libraries the new Park Grove Library could be modeled after. Read on...
More than 90 people visited Park Grove Library on Tuesday, March 20 to offer their ideas about how to building a new library of the future on the site. Read on...
Residents and patrons are invited to contribute their thoughts and opinions through a series of community meetings that will be conducted in early 2018. Read on...
Staff with HCM Architects shared major themes gathered from surveys and community engagement meetings, and invited participants to respond to images of library buildings. Read on...
Community engagement events will occur in March and April. Residents and patrons are invited to contribute their thoughts and opinions through a series of community meetings that will be conducted in early 2018. Read on...
The Washington County Board of Commissioners approved a contract with Hagen, Christensen & McIlwain Architects for architectural design and community engagement services in January 2018. Read on...
Valley Library has been in its current location in Lakeland for close to 30 years. The current location needs physical improvements for energy efficiency, accessibility, and to address general wear and tear Read on...
Attendees at the April 23 community engagement meeting were able to give input on the design, look and feel, community connections, and future services of a new library. Read on...
Residents and patrons are invited to contribute their thoughts and opinions through a series of community meetings that will be conducted in early 2018. Read on...
The Wildwood Library was built at its current location on Stillwater Avenue in Mahtomedi in 1990. When the building was evaluated by Washington County Public Works, it was estimated to need millions of dollars in future repairs Read on...
