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GRAND[Main Library Renovation Project ]
PRAIRIE'S MAIN LIBRARY IS GETTING A FACELIFT.THE CITY'S OLDEST, LARGEST AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED PUBLIC LIBRARY FACILITY WILL SOON HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE NEW MAIN ENTRANCE THAT WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE INVITING AND IDENTIFIABLE INSIDE AND OUT.
THERE'LL BE A NEW ENTRANCE HERE.
IT'LL HAVE THE WORD LIBRARY LIGHTED ON THE SIDE IF YOU'RE ON 1 61 OR YOU'RE COMING UP CARRIER GOING NORTH, THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AND IDENTIFY THE BUILDING.
THOSE, OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE BUILDING.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO, HEY, WE'RE RIGHT OVER HERE.
SO IT JUST HELPS MARKET THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
AND THIS BUILDING IN PARTICULAR, AND UNLIKE EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN THE LIBRARY HAD TO CLOSE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS DURING THE LAST MAJOR RENOVATION, IT REMAINS OPEN WHILE THE WORK IS UNDERWAY WITH CUSTOMERS BEING ASKED TO USE A TEMPORARY ENTRANCE AT THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING, ALLOWING FOR THE USUAL ACCESS TO ALL THE LIBRARY'S RESOURCES AND SERVICES.
AND AS AN ADDED BONUS, EVERYONE WHO COMES IN DURING THE TRANSITION CAN ALSO ENJOY AN EYE-CATCHING DISPLAY OF IN-HOUSE ARTISTRY.
SO WE HAD A TEMPORARY WALL PUT UP TO BLOCK OFF THE FRONT ENTRANCE, WELL, JUST THIS BLANK WALL OF SHEET ROCK.
AND ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO'S AN ARTIST, SAID, WOULD YOU MIND IF I PAINTED A MURAL UP THERE? WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA COME DOWN, RIGHT? AND HE SAID, NO, I DON'T CARE.
IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR.
AND IT ALSO SERVES AS A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME ONCE THE LATEST MAKEOVER IS DONE.
YEAH, THERE'LL BE MORE ART WHEN YOU FIRST COME IN.
THE NEW ENTRYWAY WILL BE MUCH MORE RECOGNIZABLE AND INVITING.
THE ADVENTURE STARTS RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR.
YOU KNOW THE GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARIES SERVE EVERYONE, AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL WELCOME AND EVERYONE TO BE EXCITED TO COME IN, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO.
THE RENOVATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF MAY.