Pleasant Hill will officially unveil its new library July 30, city officials said Tuesday.
The $24 million project sits on 5 acres donated by Contra Costa County at 1700 Oak Park Blvd. It was paid for by public funds approved by voters in 2016 via Measure K.
The 25,000 square feet of library will have an activity yard for children with play sculptures and a magnetic play wall, a “messy maker” space designed to keep sound in and a retreat room to keep sound out.
There will be an early literacy area for youngsters and their parents, a Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library store to buy books and merchandise, study rooms and an outdoor hangout area for kids.
Next to Pleasant Hill Middle School, the new library will have a tech zone space, with a kiosk dedicated to checking out laptops and a dedicated area for printing. The east side of the building will feature big windows with views of Grayson Creek and a path near the Contra Costa Canal Trail.
The library will be powered by state-of-the-art Tesla solar panels as a Net Zero Energy building.
For more information on the Pleasant Hill Library, go to https://www.pleasanthillca.org/1226/Library-Project.
photo credit: Ray Saint Germain
Can’t wait to check it out.
$24 million? Do they graduate anyone who can read anymore?
P Hill has a new library. Meanwhile, here in Concord….nothing since that deal with JFK U failed 22 years ago. Talk about do nothing representation.
All they know how to do is take kickbacks and sell our city.