The groundbreaking celebration of the future library location in the Pocket-Greenhaven neighborhood took place on Friday, May 30, 2008 at Sojourner Truth Park, in Sacramento. Over 200 excited community residents attended to watch the groundbreaking. Formal remarks were given by then Library Director Anne Marie Gold, along with elected officials and Sacramento City Unified School District representatives.
The groundbreaking marks the beginning construction phase for the following future projects: Sacramento City Unified School District’s School of Engineering and Sciences, Sacramento Public Library’s Pocket-Greenhaven Library, and City of Sacramento Department of Parks and Recreation’s Expanded Park and Play Fields at Sojourner Truth Park. The shared construction cost is $33.7 million.
Pocket-Greenhaven Friends of the Library
The Pocket-Greenhaven Friends of the Library announce the Buy-A-Brick Campaign to benefit our community’s new library opening in late summer 2010!
Each laser-engraved brick lasts a lifetime and costs
$100.
Only
300 bricks available! Limit of three bricks per family.
Bricks will be highly visible, forming an arc around the Main Entrance of the Library.
Download and mail this form to buy a brick.
Pocket-Greenhaven Library Fact Sheet
| Groundbreaking |
May 30, 2008 |
| Square footage |
15,000 |
| Special features |
Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) certification, teen room, two group study rooms, a preschooler ready-to-read room, quiet reading room |
| Community meeting room |
100-seating capacity |
| Public access computers |
50 |
| Collection(books, periodicals, DVDs, CDs, etc.) |
More than 50,000 items |
| Building architects |
WLC Architects, Inc.; Folsom |
| Electrical Engineer |
A & F Engineering, Inc. |
| Furniture design |
Flying Colors, Inc.; Berkeley |
| Interior signage |
Bess Design, Oakland |
| Total project cost |
$14,500,000 |
| Funding |
City of Sacramento Community Reinvestment Capital Improvement Project Funds, Freeport Regional Water Authority Mitigation Funds, and City of Sacramento Council District 7 Discretionary Funds. |
Project Timeline
| Dates |
Description |
| February 2008 |
Programming & Schematic Design Work Completed |
| July 2008 |
50% Construction Drawings |
| October 2008 |
California Department of State Architects Plan Review |
| January 2009 – January 2010 |
Construction |
| Late Summer 2010 |
Library Grand Opening |