Wow! The City Council/Redevelopment Agency for the City of San Diego approved the construction of the new Central Library project on June 28, 2010! The new library will be an incredible educational, civic and cultural resource for the City of San Diego and its community members. With support from Mayor Jerry Sanders, influential community members such as Joan and Irwin Jacobs, former NBA star Bill Walton, and Library Foundation fundraisers Judith Harris and Mel Katz, among other Library Friends, volunteers, and staff, this long-awaited project has finally been set on sure footing.
In this new blog, I hope to share with you the behind the scenes efforts that bring such a project to reality and other exciting Library news. Some colleagues have jokingly and lovingly compared building a new library to having a baby. A library building project lacks the true miracle of bringing forward a new life, but good luck telling that to us! The building grows over a period of time as a result of “love” and commitment, it drastically changes the lives of those intimately involved, and when it’s completed, we are so, so very proud and want to show it off! Following this blog, we hope that you will have a richer experience preparing for your new library and that you too will be proud of it.
To see more about this exciting new project visit the San Diego Public Library website New Central Library page. To support this project visit the San Diego Public Library Foundation website.
