Parking Lot Progress

They are still working on our parking lot, and it's kind of a jumble out there. We are still open, of course, but please be careful driving and walking in the parking lot!

Some of our islands have been removed and are in the process of being rebuilt. Here is a shot from a few days ago, showing how the footprint for a new parking lot island has been cut into the asphalt:

Once the space is cut, workers have to build up the curb. Here's a shot of them doing just that:

And of course, they're still working on widening our driveway. It looks kind of messy, so please be careful entering and exiting our lot!

And finally, if you've been by this week, you may be wondering what they're putting on the overhang of the tower out front... stickers?

Nope. Workers are now installing sheets of metal. The white paper with the writing on it is a protective film so the panels don't get scratched up during installation. Once all the pieces are installed (kind of like a giant, upside down, very heavy jigsaw puzzle), the film will be peeled off, and we'll have a beautiful building! The same panels will be installed on those green areas between the windows on the addition and on the posts. It's going to look cool.

Updating our parking lot

If you've been by the Library in the past couple weeks, you've no doubt noticed some big changes with our parking lot. Things are going to be messy out there for a couple weeks as workers widen our driveway and reconfigure the lot to meet current code.

For starters, there has always been a bit of a bottleneck with people trying to leave the Library parking lot because we've always had one entrance lane and one exit lane. With the renovation, we'll soon have three lanes... one entrance and two exit lanes (one for turning left onto Dudley Drive, one for turning right).

In addition to the wider driveway, the parking lot update will include the installation of new islands, curbs and sidewalks.

Also, you may have noticed that some of our beautiful trees have been cut down.

Unfortunately, some of the trees had to go because they've outgrown the spaces they were planted in! Don't worry, though... more trees will be planted. Plus, the big tree in the circular island out front (a genuine descendent of Athens' most famous tree, the Tree that Owns Itself) will remain untouched.


We ask you to please be careful while driving and walking through our parking lot while this work is going on. We'll have construction fencing, orange barrels and flagmen to help you navigate!