The city is planning to build a new library branch and recreation center complex at the city-owned, former Home Depot site at 7211 North Main Street across from St. John's Park. We'd love your input on the project.
Take the SurveyWe’ve been hearing from residents that our community is not well served by a library, nor a recreation center. We believe this lot is a great candidate for a new building because it’s near a new transit center and we can build a lot of parking. We expect that the new library branch, which will be the third largest in the city and the most digitally advanced, will be a tremendous asset to the community.
There are no designs for the library or the recreation center yet.
There is still a lot to figure out and we want to hear your perspective, insights, and guidance before we take further action. Specifically, we want to better understand how this project would impact your wellbeing – your sense of being whole because you experience connection and belonging, safety, predictability and other things. Click here to learn more about wellbeing and its importance when it comes to building and urban planning.
The City has partnered with CityLife and the St. John Neighborhood Association to help gather this information.
Could you please take 10 minutes to share your thoughts by November 15, 2022?
We will compile the results and share them on this website by November 20, 2022. CityLife will also be hosting a forum to share our findings on that same day at 6pm, click here to find more details about that event.
The project will include a new library branch that will be the most technologically sophisticated branch in the entire system, and will provide 21st Century technology skills programming for both adults and children. We are considering a large children’s library.
We will also build a new recreation center that will bring back a swimming pool, and may include a soccer field, and health & fitness equipment in an indoor/outdoor setting.
There will be plenty of parking as well as street connections to nearby residential neighborhoods for people who will walk there.
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