Cedar Park: Survey For New Library Feedback & Input Community’s Vision Will Help Guide And Inform Design Process

Press release from the City of Cedar Park:

February 02, 2021

The City of Cedar Park has launched the community survey for public feedback and input on the design of the new Cedar Park Public Library. It will be relocated to a new facility that will anchor the Bell District. The survey is a key component of the design process that kicks off this month. It begins with public engagement to help capture the community’s creative aspirations and ideas, and envision the possibilities of what the new Library could offer. The City wants to know what residents like most, what they would want to do when visiting and what excites them most about the Library. The survey is one of multiple opportunities community members will have to participate in throughout the design process. The survey may be accessed by clicking here, now through February 28, 2021. At the end of the survey, participants will have the opportunity to volunteer to participate in virtual focus groups about the new Library.

New Library project background and description
The Cedar Park Public Library is the most utilized of all City facilities. This, coupled with Cedar Park’s massive population growth, has resulted in the Library outgrowing its space at its current location. Voters approved funding for a new Library in 2015. The new Library will be 60 percent larger than the existing Library.

The new multi-story Library is being designed by the renowned Lake | Flato Architects, Inc. It will be surrounded by dozens of large heritage trees and a 16-acre park with a trail. It will anchor the urban-style, walkable mixed-use Bell District development that will include restaurants, shopping and other amenities, enabling visitors to make a day out their trip to the Library. Such a picturesque and energetic setting certainly inspires the design and creates new opportunities for the new Library to establish an even stronger identity as a “great front porch” for the community and a “civic living room”.

As the most frequently visited Cedar Park public facility and a vital community space, the Library will be designed with the community’s unique needs in mind. The new Library facility could include additional program space, classrooms and conference rooms, quiet spaces, new technology, capacity for more materials and increased parking capacity. The new Library will have dedicated outdoor space, providing new avenues for Library programming nestled in a natural setting.

Construction is expected to begin in fall 2022 and the new Library is anticipated to open in spring 2024. For more information and updates, click here.

This press release was produced by the City of Cedar Park. The views expressed are the author's own.