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The Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library is being replaced. The old building has been razed and services currently are being provided via an interim library located at 945 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, three blocks west of the old building site. The new three-story library will be approximately 20,000 square feet and will provide inviting spaces for services to adults, young adults and children, as well as multiple meeting spaces for community use. The library will have at least 30 public access computers, including a mobile laptop cart that can be used for computer literacy training classes.
The Library plans to seek a LEED certification of at least “Silver” for this building. Energy efficient features will include a raised floor for optimized air circulation, a white roof, a sun screen on the southern exposure, use of materials with high recycled content, and several other elements. The total budget for this project is $15 million.
Designs for the new library are complete and the construction process is underway. The new library will open in spring 2010.
As part of the design process, the Library hosted a series of Community Design Meetings to seek input from residents. Summaries of these meetings are listed below. The community also was involved in the selection process for the architectural team.
If you have any questions or comments please submit them to the following email address: WathaShawCommunityFeedback@dc.gov.
Past Community Meetings
Community Design Meeting, September 4, 2008*
Meeting focus: Community's comments on library design
This is a summary of the latest community meeting. The summary includes answers to questions posed at the meeting regarding the design presentation.
Community Design Meeting, June 23, 2008*
Meeting focus: Schematic design
Public meeting to provide the community with an opportunity to view and provide comments on the schematic design of the new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library.
Community Design Meeting, January 30, 2008*
Meeting focus: Schematic design
Public meeting to provide the community with an opportunity to view and provide comments on the schematic design of the new Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library.
Community Design Meeting, November 26, 2007*
Meeting focus: Conceptual design
First public meeting to provide the community with an opportunity to view and provide comments on the schematic design of the new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library.
Hopes and Dreams Community Listening Session, November 14, 2007*
Meeting focus: The communities' top priorities for their library.
Community listening meeting and discussion of hopes and dreams for the new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library.
Library Response to Hopes and Dreams Session, November 14, 2007*
Meeting focus: The communities' top priorities for their library.
A community meeting was conducted early in the planning stages for the new library with the purpose of listening to the attendees hopes and dreams for the new Benning Neighborhood Library. Fifty-three community members added their names to the sign-in sheets. DCPL Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper and other staff representing DCPL were there to listen.
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