'Not your grandparents’ library': A first look at new West Pearland Library
Published: Tue, 04/05/22
'Not your grandparents’ library': A first look at new West Pearland Library
The West Pearland Library sits on the edge of Shadow Creek Parkway. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
The Teenage Library, a separated space within the West Pearland Library, will house a 3D printer. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
West Pearland Library includes an outdoor space with an amphitheater. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
The West Pearland Library also includes an outdoor patio space on the second floor overlooking the amphitheater. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
The West Pearland Library is two floors with various artwork throughout the facility. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
The "Welcome to Pearland Town Center" mural is made up of four glass panels. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
The 100-seat teaching theater will be available to rent. (Andy Yanez/Community Impact Newspaper)
“It’s going to be a regional space,” Pearland Director of Communications Joshua Lee said.
The 39,000-square-foot building at 11801 Shadow Creek Parkway, Pearland, offers multiple amenities, including a 100-seat teaching room, multipurpose community rooms, multiple private study rooms, a large magnetic wall toward the middle of the facility that can be used as a dry-erase board and an outdoor space with a small amphitheater, Lee said. The library will also have a tie-in to the Clear Creek Trail, he added.
Additionally, the library includes an audio studio that will be available for rent for recording and child-friendly play areas, as well as the Brazoria County satellite tax office, which will be moved from the city’s public safety building along Cullen Boulevard in Pearland, Lee said. The location will also offer 3D-printing services.
The $19.82 million building was funded through the Shadow Creek Ranch Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, which collects tax revenue from the Shadow Creek Ranch development, city officials said. The city and county broke ground on the library in December 2020.
The new library, once open, is expected to become the most visited library in Brazoria County, Lee said. The West Pearland Library replaces the Pearland Westside Library on Business Center Drive, which closed in February to move books and other amenities to the new location.
“It’s not your grandparents’ library,” Lee said.
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