$210M state library and archives building underway in P ugerville From the cover
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Jerry Jones, P ugerville Community Devel- opment Corp. executive director, said the Texas Facilities Commission evaluated multiple locations across the region before selecting P ugerville, citing its access to strong utilities, access to SH 130, and location within a short drive of the Capitol and Austin–Bergstrom International Airport. “This site stood out,” Jones said. “It tells us there is a reason why people and businesses are choosing P ugerville.” Jones said hosting a major state archival facility carries symbolic weight as well, positioning the city as a long-term home for part of “the story of Texas.” “This is an opportunity for us to be part of the conversation about the story of Texas [and] how some of its most treasured documents are stored here in P ugerville,” Jones said. Jones added this project reinforces a shift already underway in P ugerville’s identity. The project, Jones said, carries meaning beyond economic value. The scale of the archival building, he noted, makes it a long-term investment in how Texas preserves history. Jones said documents will be stored in “a facility—that’s probably going to outlast many of us—for years to come,” securing P ugerville as safekeepers of Texas history.
The Talking Book Program—serving Texans with visual, physical and reading disabilities— will move its circulation hub to the new building, which will feature modern studios, a volunteer lounge and shared training areas. The program o ers audiobooks, magazines and playback machines, along with Texas- speci c recordings produced by volunteers. Gloria Meraz, Texas State Library and Archives Commission director and librarian, said it’s one of TSLAC’s most relied-on services. Moving the program to the new P ugerville facility will signi cantly expand its capabilities, supporting a circulation hub that manages 80,000 cubic feet of records.
The new P ugerville facility will bring together several major operations of TSLAC within a two-story building, along with a 4,800-square-foot shredder outbuilding for secure records destruction. The archives wing will include climate-controlled vaults for historic state records, lm, photographs and glass plate negatives, as well as specialized cool and cold storage, intake and quarantine areas, and dedicated digitization and conservation labs. A large portion of the facility will function as the new State Records Center, featuring two- tier shelving and support areas for storing, retrieving, scanning and digitizing inactive agency records.
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Talking Book program State records center
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“We’re starting to see a very small shift that says folks can truly live, work and play here.” JERRY JONES, PFLUGERVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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