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Imagine Your New Library

Help shape the future of your new libraries!

• The Lakewood Pierce County Library was built 56 years ago, more than 30 years before the city of Lakewood was incorporated. 
• Today, the library serves nearly 60,000 people with services and resources for learning, enjoyment and strengthening community connections.
• The existing building doesn’t support how people use the library today or tomorrow. 
• The building is dated, hard to maintain, and would require millions of dollars in upgrades.
• The Tillicum Pierce County Library is in a small, aging shared facility in poor physical condition. 
• The current layout doesn’t support how people use the library today or tomorrow.

• The City of Lakewood’s recently adopted Downtown Plan named library services as a priority for the community. The City would like to see a new Lakewood library in the downtown core.

The Pierce County Library System wants to know what you think about new library buildings for your community! Your comments will help us understand the Lakewood community’s interest in library spaces and services.

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For questions or to get periodic updates, please contact us directly at info@piercecountylibrary.org.

• The Sumner Pierce County Library is on land owned by the City of Sumner in a building co-owned by the city and the Library System. 
• The aging building will close because it needs costly repairs.
• The community has an opportunity to build a new library on land the city has purchased on East Main, with services and design reflective of community desires.

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For questions or to get periodic updates, please contact us directly at info@piercecountylibrary.org.