Beginning August 6, patrons can visit the Annex, a secondary space at Courtland Center occupied by Flint Public Library.
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Although the construction site is too dangerous for the public, we know you’re probably curious about what’s going on! Visit this page for the latest construction photos and updates.
Flint Public Library is beginning a limited re-opening at 11:00am on Thursday, July 23! Starting on this date, the Library will welcome patrons who want to browse and check out books or DVDs. Other services, such as computer access, will be added in later phases of the re-opening.
COVID-19 threw us a bit of a curve ball, but we have officially (and finally) moved out of the Library building! We handed the keys over to Clark Construction on June 15, and they are now hard at work on the renovation.
Our moving process has resumed, and that is great news! However, due to the COVID-19 delays, we are about eight weeks behind schedule.
Now that construction and packing/moving companies are open for business, we will resume the packing process the week of May 11. While we finish packing at Kearsley Street, Clark Construction will wrap up the work on our temporary location at Courtland Center.
Here are some of the exciting things related to our building transformation that are happening behind the scenes.
We were making excellent progress on packing and moving until March 23, when Governor Whitmer issued her executive order mandating a shutdown. Per that order, all work has currently stopped, both in our existing building and in our temporary space.
So what does COVID-19 mean for our renovation project? At this point in time, it is simply causing a delay. Nothing has changed with our funding or our plans. We just have to move the schedule out in proportion to how long this shutdown lasts. We can’t estimate a time frame with any degree of confidence until the executive order has been lifted and we can get back to work.
That means we do not yet have a date by which we plan to move into our temporary space at Courtland Center. We’ll let you know as soon as possible. Stay tuned for more updates!
Soon, all of this beautiful “1958 time capsule” will be gone. Here are a few photos of the current interior to remind you of the past.
