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Visioning workshop for Carnegie Library to be held June 18
LAKEPORT, Calif. – A community vision workshop to discuss potential use of the historic Carnegie Library in downtown Lakeport is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18.
The meeting will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The public is invited to participate in the session that will be facilitated by the consulting firm contracted through a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and matching funds from the city.
Garavaglia Architecture, based in San Francisco, has worked for more than 28 years on rehabilitation projects throughout California and is well-versed in the complexities of developing historic structures.
Representatives of the firm will present information from their assessment of the library building and the site opportunities offered by its location in Library Park.
Workshop participants will discuss findings of the feasibility study and help identify priorities for use and building improvements, along with potential partners for development and plan implementation.
Completed in 1918, the library in Lakeport has been described as “perhaps the most scenically located Carnegie in California.”
After several attempts by the Ladies Town Improvement Club – now the Lakeport Women’s Civic Club – and others, the city received an $8,000 Carnegie Foundation grant in 1914 to erect a Carnegie Free Public Library.
Dredging of Clear Lake to create fill for a new park and the library building took longer than anticipated and during this time public spirited citizens kept up and maintained a private library for the community, according to the nomination application to the National Register of Historic Places.
Lakeport’s Carnegie Library was placed on the National Register in 2008 through the combined efforts of the Friends of the Lake County Museum and the Lakeport Women’s Civic Club.
More information about the visioning workshop is available from Wilda Shock, economic development consultant for Lakeport, 707-263-7575.