University Park Public Library (Texas) Looks for "Permanent Home"

Link to July 16 Dallas News article, "Mall owners offer University Park library a home in exchange for chance to add 400-space garage".

Excerpt: Library supporters say they are pleased with the plan.

"We've been trying for a long time to find a long-term, permanent solution," said John Stuart, past president of the Friends of the University Park Public Library. "We're dealing with a landlocked community, so there are not a lot of options."

Under the proposal, the city would get at least 15,000 square feet on the second floor of the new building for the library, which is now in a 5,000-square-foot space in the Chase Bank building in Snider Plaza. The library would have a separate entrance from the retail and commercial areas, and would have an elevator from the underground parking garage.  [Emphasis added.]

Believe me, Retiring Guy knows the inadequacy of a 5,000 square-foot facility.  The Middleton Public Library was squeezed into such a space until 1990, when the city's population was 13,785.


University Park Public Library.  An all-volunteer library 10 years ago.

University Park, Texas:  A well-heeled community of nearly 25,000.

University Park, Texas:  Landlocked.

There's gotta be a "rest of the story" here, folks.  Anyone have something to share?