Thursday, July 7, 2011
Eureka library lovers finally will get a little more room in which to temporarily spread out.
The vacated Blockbuster Video building in Eureka already has a night-drop slot—perfect for dropping off library books, right? Why is this so perfect? Well, a deal has been struck to temporarily move the Eureka Hills Branch Library into that vacant, but larger, building until a new, permanent library can be built in future years. Eureka Mayor Kevin Coffey told Town Hall attendees Wednesday evening that the former video store building would be leased for five years. The video store building is one mile west of the library's current location. The building, at 156 Eureka Towne Center, is 6,500 square feet and nearly twice the size of the current location, said Carolyn Parmer, head of the new library's grassroots effort referenced as The Eureka…
Monday, May 23, 2011
Anyone interested in furthering plans for a new library in Eureka can attend a meeting this afternoon at the Holiday Inn-Six Flags in Eureka at 4 p.m.
Editor's Note at 3:03 p.m.: The following meeting was canceled after one of the branches of the St. Louis County Library was flooded due to today's storm. Friends of The Eureka (Library) Project and St. Louis County Library representatives will meet this afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-Six Flags in Eureka, 4901 Allenton Rd. "This is a public meeting and a good opportunity to learn more about the future direction of the Eureka branch," said Carolyn Parmer, chair of The Eureka Project Committee. The meeting will be held in the Missouri Room. The gathering also will host this month's board meeting of the St. Louis County Library. A grassroots effort to establish a new library was initiated by members of The Wednesday Club in Eureka, …
Monday, December 6, 2010
Kids can find more than books at the local library.
More than a dozen children gathered around tables at the Eureka Hills St. Louis County Library in the Hilltop Village Center Saturday morning to construct holiday crafts. Sarah Steele, Eureka library assistant, led youngsters and their mothers and grandmothers through building snow globes from empty baby food jars and sleighs from pop sickle sticks. This event targeted children between the ages of 5 to 11 years. All attendees were able to take home their crafts. The next events scheduled for young readers at the Eureka Hills library are story times on Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Santa Claus will be the special guest that day, and guardians are encouraged to bring cameras to get photos with him. A second story time day will be …
Carolyn Parmer
7:04 am on Saturday, July 9, 2011
We are also excited to have a quick solution to the space needs of the Eureka library by the move to a building with nearly twice the space. The permanent building is projected to be about 18,000 square feet, three times the size of the new location! Plans are to provide Eureka with a separate area for children's programs, an area for teens, a technology room, significantly increased collection … more ›