Design Consultant: Harvard Jolly Architecture Design cost: $700,000 Started: Oct. 22, 2015 Completion: Feb. 20, 2018 Construction Construction Manager: Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. Construction Budget: $3,833,582 Started: April 9, 2018 Estimated completion:...
The Friends of the Punta Gorda Charlotte Library presented a check for $50,000 to the Charlotte County Commission on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 for construction costs of the exterior of the new Punta Gorda Charlotte Library. This donation supplements additional funding...
After many obstacles, we’re getting close to breaking ground on the new library! We are fortunate to live in a community where the citizens support the library. In Community News we discuss, Youth and Libraries, the Teddy Bear Clinic, Mary Alice Monroe returns...
As the year comes to a close, I reflect on what has transpired in 2017 and I look ahead with great expectations for the coming year. The first public input meeting about the new library was held in January of 2016. Local residents and library patrons were given an...
If you have been traveling during the summer, I want to welcome you back to Punta Gorda to share some wonderful news with you. And, for those of you who stayed in town, I have news for you, too. In April we greeted our new librarian, LeAnn Beckwith, a professional...
Last spring, many of us were concerned that funding issues were driving the design process so that the new library would look like a box store. Punta Gorda is known for its historic areas so we wanted a design that was not only functional but attractive. This summer,...
New Library NewsThe Charlotte County Board of Commissioners, the Punta Gorda City Council and the Friends of the Punta Gorda Charlotte Library have come together to provide the additional funding for the new library to have a functional exterior that compliments the...
