
Construction flags blow in the wind outside the new Library Innovation Center at 501 8th Avenue in Greeley on Wednesday March 1, 2023. The outer fences have been removed to give a better look at the outside of the new addition to the High Plains Library District.(Jim Rydbom/Staff Photographer)
A new destination for downtown Greeley is nearing completion as crews finish construction of the High Plains Library District’s Library Innovation Center, expected to open in May.
The 62,000-square-foot Library Innovation Center, or LINC, will feature traditional library space, makerspaces, an events area, a courtyard, innovation spaces, a children’s museum, a recording studio and more.
In the library area, patrons will be welcomed by a “river of books” with curved bookshelves that are just one feature of the water-themed design of the building. The river…