New Alpharetta Library Opens Next Thursday

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Alpharetta residents will soon have a brand new place to check out books and other items for their reading, viewing and listening pleasure.

The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System will host a grand opening ceremony for the new 25,000-square-foot Alpharetta Library at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 30.

The new library, located at 10 Park Plaza, is part of the new Alpharetta City Center development.

The former library, located at 238 Canton Street, closed to the public June 26 to prepare for next week’s grand opening of the new library.

Alpharetta’s grand opening follows last week’s opening of the new Milton Public Library, which is located at 855 Mayfield Road.

These openings are part of Phase I of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System’s Library Building Program, including construction of eight new branch libraries and two expansion projects.

In addition to the Alpharetta, Milton and Northwest libraries opening in July, three libraries have already opened: East Roswell, Palmetto and Wolf Creek. Two additional new libraries -- the Southeast Atlanta and Metropolitan branches -- will open later this year.

Both the Auburn Avenue Research Library and the South Fulton Library are currently closed and under construction as the two expansion projects.

Green building design and sustainability are priorities for all Phase I library projects, and the Library System expects to achieve LEED Silver on each project. Each library will reflect the culture and interests of its community.

In November 2008, Fulton County voters overwhelmingly passed the Library Bond Referendum, which will improve all of the county’s library facilities. Phase 1 includes eight new branches: Alpharetta, East Roswell, Milton, Northwest, Palmetto, Southeast Atlanta, Metropolitan, and Wolf Creek; and two library expansions: the Auburn Avenue Research Library South Fulton Branch.

For more information please visit our website www.afpls.org, and click on “Your New Libraries” for updates or call 404-730-1977.

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Photo credit: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System