Parking

Parking at the library has become more of an adventure this week, mostly due to the fact that our parking lots now look like this:

The back parking lot of the library is torn up on Tuesday, August 24.

 As in most construction projects, the ground is the first thing to be torn up.  Parking on the side, front, and back of the library building has been closed for the duration of construction.  City staff were able to secure temporary parking elsewhere: on the far side of 14th Street away from the library building, at City Hall, and at St. James United Methodist Church on Avenue M.  We hope that these three options will allow citizens to continue visiting the library on a regular basis.

We ask that all library visitors enter the building at 14th Street, regardless of where you park.  The back entrance, located by the larger parking lot near the old records building, is now officially a construction zone, and no person may walk through it.  This is for your safety.

Due to the parking situation, the library has implemented a drive-thru service.  Call the library at 936-291-5472, tell us up to two items you'd like to check out (including DVDs or CDs, specific titles only, no subjects or authors), and we will pull the items for you, check them out to your card, and have them ready for pick-up two hours later.  When you drive up to the front door, toot your horn and we will bring your items to you.  You must present either your library card or your driver license to receive your items.

Please call us if you have questions about parking or the drive-thru service.  We hope to make this exciting project as painless as possible!

A view of the side parking lot being torn up Tuesday morning.