Link to February 10 DeForest Times Tribune article, "Downtown DeForest: A decade of change".Excerpt: Eight years ago this month, the DeForest Area Public Library opened in its new downtown location, 203 Library Street.
With 35,000 square feet of space over three levels, the library hosts approximately 65,000 volumes in print, 6,300 audio materials and 9,800 video materials as well as software, children’s multi-media kits and public computers. It features a large children’s story-hour room, multiple meeting spaces and three non-profit organization offices.
Upon its opening, the new library quickly became the hub of the downtown area, drawing more than 200,000 visitors through its doors each year.
Like the appearance of the library, from its cramped space in the strip mall north of the post office to its unique Scandinavian-style downtown centerpiece, the entire downtown district has put on a new face over the past decade. It’s almost hard to envision some of the dilapidated buildings and grain towers that once occupied the approximately four-block area which has been redeveloped into the bustling residential and commercial center of downtown DeForest.
And the library led the way.
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