Joy Modisett has been taking her 15-year-old son to Switzer since he was 4. She now brings her two young daughters to story time each week.
“It looks much bigger, cleaner and brighter,” she said of the revamped library. “This is like his library. He has grown up here and now I have two more children, but we’re still coming here. So we’re really happy that it’s reopened. It was closed for a long time. We were sad about that.”
The library reopened June 1 with an overhaul that includes upgrades to the children’s area. A makerspace was added for teens to do crafts and the adult makerspace room was renovated. A family computer room was added on the main floor as was an accessibility room tailored for visitors with disabilities and cognitive disorders. An outdoor garden plaza was also added and the renovations incorporate large windows to provide more natural light.
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