Chesterfield County and Chesterfield County Public Library will hold a ceremonial ribbon cutting to officially open the new Midlothian Library (100 Millworks Crossing) on Wednesday, January 31 at 10 a.m.
The event is open to the public and attendees should enter off Woolridge Road. Light refreshments will be available.
The new 25,000 square-foot facility was designed in part as a direct result of input sessions held in the summer of 2019. At nearly two-thirds larger than the previous building (15,000 square feet) which existed on the same site before its closing in 2021, the new facility will offer all of the services that were available at the previous Midlothian Library as well as the following amenities:
- improved seating with comfortable chairs for lounging, reading, and working
- a large community meeting room
- interactive indoor learning features for kids
- a digital media center
- an outdoor reading garden
- an outdoor learning classroom with musical sculptures
The new facility also includes collaborative study and meeting spaces for in-person and virtual meetings as well as a large community meeting room. The spaces have state-of-the-art technology in order to better facilitate meetings and collaboration.
This article on libraries and library resources by Lindsay Garrison is a good read.
Check out What Will You Learn at the Library? by Paula Peters Chamber for insight from library leadership in the region.
