Almost there...

It is just a few short days until we open the doors of the fantastically beautiful new and improved Richland Public Library to its owners - you, the taxpayers of Richland. Staff, along with our buddies at Chervenell, Perfection Glass, Larsen Transfer, Spacesaver and a few others have been working night and day to open up on time.

Over the past 10 days, over 6,000 shelves have been installed, all the books and other library materials have arrived in the Larsen trucks and have been unloaded onto said shelves. The story circle is currently being installed and today, the tables and chairs are arriving. If you look outside, you will see the new benches and garbage cans out front along with the art piece of the two children reading that has been relocated from John Dam Plaza.

Last week, the Library Foundation held a dessert gala where over 200 people purchased tickets to attend the fundraiser for the Richland Room Collection that will showcase local history. Special guests at this function included staff who worked in the old library before it became the new library, that became the old library and now is new again!