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February 28, 2007
Here We Go!
On Sunday, March 11 at 5:00 pm, we will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Library construction project -- on the corner of Post Road and Hecker Avenue.
The ceremony will mark more than five years of planning for the New Darien Library -- beginning with a Long Range Plan in 2001, and working with our Architects, Peter Gisolfi Associates, on plans for the 54,000 sf building that is expected to be ready for occupancy in the Fall of 2008.
More information about the reasons for building a new library, and details of its construction, can be found on the Darien Library web site.
Although March 11 is not the best time of the year to hold a ground-breaking ceremony, it's a great time to start a construction project that will last 18 months, since the sooner we get started, the sooner we'll finish. We'll understand if you want to just keep reading information about the construction project from the warmth of the seat in front of your computer, and pass on the ceremony. But we promise you -- now that we are about to get started -- that we'll soon be bringing you much more information about what's happening and lots of pictures showing the progress we'll be making.
So stay tuned to the New Darien Library blog, and if you have questions, you can ask them by making a comment.
Meanwhile, we'll be out there, shovels at the ready.
Posted by Alan Kirk Gray at February 28, 2007 03:27 PM
Comments
Dear Darien Library Staff!! I am so thrilled for all of you at the wonderful library, where I made so many precious friends and enjoyed myraid computer and photoshop classes for seven heavenly years whie we lived in Darien. One could call the library , 'seventh heaven', as it is a treasure beyond any measure for the citizens of the town. I hope to visit the new facility in the years to come to renew old friendships and to pause and reflect on 'a good thing' ! Congratulations to all on a stupendous endeavor! Missing all of you, Judi Dunn, a lassie in Tallahassee.....
Posted by: Anonymous at March 30, 2007 04:41 PM