The Pueblo City-County Library District is nearing an official end to years of renovations at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, its main branch.
The library district expects to hit that official mark at some point next week, said Nick Potter, its community relations director, though minor updates such as adding signage will last into April. The library district plans to commemorate the completion of renovations at that time with a weeklong set of activities, including self-guided tours on Monday and a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday.
Renovations to Rawlings Library, which opened in 2003, started in August 2021 to keep the facility “up to date” and viable for the next 20 years, said Jon Walker, the executive director for PCCLD at that time.
The library district kicked off a fundraising campaign before it started renovations to help supplement the $12.5 million cost of…