The entire community is invited to provide input on the proposed design for the new West Perry Branch library. This meeting will be led by architects of the project, Schmidt Associates and HBM Architects. The $9.2 million, 25,000-square-foot branch is scheduled for opening in 2021.
The Southport Branch began in 1967 as a small storefront in the Madison Square Shopping Center. Following acquisition of a site for a larger facility, the new 15,700-square-foot library opened in 1974 on East Stop 11 Road. Even before the move occurred, a group of Perry Township residents demonstrated support by raising more than $5,000 to provide additional books for the new library.