Tomorrow is the big day, the true start of a new era for the San Diego Public Library and for our current and future library users! With the lift and fall of their golden shovels, City dignitaries and civic leaders will mark our claim on the future of San Diego’s library services. The new library will provide better access to the many opportunities for civic engagement, educational enhancement and cultural exchange for all.
I can’t wait! The excitement is palpable! Community members are excited and they are making calls. People are talking about the groundbreaking of the new Central Library to be held tomorrow, July 28, 2010 at 10:00 at the new library site on Park Blvd. and 11th. They want to be there. They want to make sure that others who have helped make the day possible are there, too. They want to share in the start of something new and big and forward-thinking for our city.
Here’s an example, if you can’t quite believe me about the excitement this new library is generating. The San Diego Public Library Foundation, our major fundraising arm for the new Central Library and Branch Libraries, received a communication from the La Jolla Music Society within days of the City Council’s approval to move forward on the new library project.
The request – how does one reserve space in the new Central Library for August 2013 for their annual SummerFest Gala? Now mind you, the dates provided in August 2013 would be within weeks, if not days of the anticipated opening of the new Central Library, just 3 years away! The La Jolla Music Society would be among the first, if not the very first to hold an event there. You can bet we will be working on a reservation for them in earnest.
Now, tell me that’s not excitement befitting a new Central Library for San Diego!
See you at the groundbreaking ceremony! :-)
