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“I’m so excited and happy for our city,” Talley said. In June, Terrell told Community Impact that he is looking forward to work- ing with the city and council to ensure the public spaces of Carillon Parc are incor- porated properly into the development. “We’re really looking for- ward to continuing to build a relationship, a true pub- lic-private partnership, to make this development out- standing,” he said. Terrell said he is thrilled that citizens supported Car- illon Parc as the location for the library. He said he is excited to announce the retail partners in the coming months. “[Carillon Parc] is going to be a destination driver,” Ter- rell said. “It will provide tour- ism to the city. I’m excited about how that’s going to look, feel and operate.”
The 2021 Library Study surveyed residents’ desired improvements.
98%
91%
83%
SOURCE: 2021 LIBRARY STUDY/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
During the June 7 council meeting, task force member Nysa Lilani said the group held town hall meetings and accepted online comment cards to understand where the community wanted the library. Of the 296 public comment cards received, 57% expressed a preference for the library being in Caril- lon Parc. “Throughout the pro- cess, public input was very important to the library task force,” Lilani said. Along with Carillon Parc being the most desired loca- tion, community members also expressed a desire for an expanded collection and more programs, such as summer reading, art classes and educational speakers,
of residents wanted to expand the collection.
of residents wanted convenient parking.
of residents wanted more comfortable seating.
done,” Huffman said to the task force. Council appointed its own members as well as city board and commission members to the Carillon Parc committee during its Sept. 6 meeting. The steering committee’s purpose is to advise coun- cil on the public library and Carillon Parc’s other public spaces, including a perform- ing arts space, a public park and public art, according to city documents. The committee will select community members to serve at the Oct. 4 council meeting.
according to the task force’s 2021 library study. Talley said creating a large indoor space and having open park space outside of the library will allow its pro- grams to expand. She said oftentimes, library events have to move upstairs in City Hall to different meet- ing rooms or have to leave the library entirely for a program. City Librarian Cynthia Pfledderer said she is appre- ciative of the support the Southlake community and council has shown toward the library. She is looking for- ward to determining the best
course for the library with a “dynamic team.” “It’s exciting to think about the future of the library and new ways to serve the cit- izens of Southlake,” Pfled- derer said. According to Talley, the library task force has laid the groundwork for the Carillon Parc Public Spaces Steering Committee. Next steps Southlake Mayor John Huffman said during the June 7 council meeting that the process of creating the library was not complete. “Your work is far from
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