If all goes as planned, the Johnson County Public Library’s new Clark Pleasant branch will open its doors to the public in early 2022.
Library director Lisa Lintner unveiled the proposed design Wednesday at a Community Matters meeting for the 17,200-square-foot branch that is expected to cost about $8.8 million. Funding for the project includes $1.4 million from the library’s savings and $7.4 million from a controversial property tax increase of 2.5 cents for every $100 of assessed value, set to take effect next year.
The new branch will sit on 6.62 acres of land — which the library paid $662,000 for — between Brier Hill Drive and Clearwater Boulevard in Whiteland, about 1.5 miles from the current branch. It is bordered by U.S. 31 to the west and Nightingale Drive to the East. The footprint of the new one-story library branch will not cover the entire 6.62 acres, which…
