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Irving Noon Day Lions Club donates to Irving Library

Irving Noon Day Lions presents $1,000 to the Irving Library

The Irving Noon Day Lions Club presented a $1,000 check today to the Irving Public Library. The donation will be for the MiY Zone at the South Irving Library.

The new south Irving Library will be a 52,570 square foot, two-story building located at the corner of Second Street and Sowers Road. The building will be Silver Leed-certified and is expected to open this year.

Soggy soil stalls South Irving Library

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February's groundbreaking ceremony for the South Irving Library. Not pictured: water

You may have heard city officials tout the features of the football field-size library under construction near City Hall: geothermal wells for winter heating, auto-tinting windows for summer shade.

The South Irving Library also boasts “a world-class waterproof basement,” in the words of Casey Tate, who heads the project up at the city.

But a couple weeks ago, workers were digging out that world class basement basement when they hit mud—more than designers had expected, and enough that officials first thought a water main was leaking.

It wasn’t a water main. Tate’s not sure what it is.

The water might be nothing more than the aftermath of some rainstorms. Or it might be unusually soggy soil that will require extra pumps to be built into the basement. (The current plans call for two.)

So construction’s held up while the city runs flow tests and tries to figure it out. Tate expects to know more next week—including whether the project’s May 2014 opening date could slip.

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Library seeking donations for early literacy center

(Courtesy CITY OF IRVING)
A rendering of the South Irving Library in the Heritage Crossing District. The library is expected to receive LEED Silver Certification upon completion in May or June 2014.

The Irving Public Library is seeking community and company donations for the system’s first early literacy center at the South Irving Library, which is scheduled to open in May or June 2014.

The Discovery Zone, will be on the second floor of the South Irving Library’s children’s area. The center will cost $35,000, and was not included into the original building plans of the $9.7 million high-tech library.

The center is a new concept for libraries, and targets children ages 3 to 5 to help build narrative, vocabulary, number recognition and phonetic awareness. Items in the center include interactive panels, free standing kiosks with five to seven different activities such story starters to build narrative skills, puppet panels, textile items for hands on learning and tables with interactive components, said Amanda Hipp, Central Library manager.

Individuals or companies can sponsor an item in the center and will be recognized with a plaque and at the library’s grand opening. Items range in cost from $400 to $12,400.

The Valley Ranch Library will also have an early literacy center when its renovations and expansion are complete in the spring of 2014.

“Pre-literacy skills and early learning has recently become a national priority,” said Hipp. “Study after study does show that the earlier these kids, especially children from low-income families, are getting these skills, the better they are set for life learning. It really does set the foundation.”

For more information or to make a donation, call Amanda Hipp at 972-721-3505 or email ahipp@cityofirving.org.

Irving residents won’t have to go far to find a library

Ground was broken this morning for a $9.7 million library in south Irving

Neighborsgo’s Gloria Hernandez reports:

If you’re an Irving resident excited about library access, this is your lucky day.

Ground was broken this morning for a $9.7 million high-tech South Irving Library on Schulze Drive. The library would be a part of a master plan to build four full-service libaries within four miles of every Irving resident.

That’s right: Four miles.

These additions should be welcome news for book-lovers in the Irving area. On Dec. 31, Irving residents lost big-box book retailer Barnes & Noble.

Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne said the South Irving Library will serve as a catalyst to spur redevelopment in Irving’s Heritage Crossing District. The South Irving Library is expected to be completed May 2014 and be a Silver LEED-certified building.

Read more at neighborsgo.com


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