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The Library Renewal Project

The Pearl River Public Library is excited to share plans for our upcoming renovation, an investment in the future of our community.

The mission of the Library Renewal Advisory Committee is to encourage community partners to develop a sustainable building in order to preserve and expand library services for all residents within the Pearl River School District.

The Library Renewal Project will focus on the opportunity to rehabilitate and improve the existing Library building to accommodate much-needed programmatic and service enhancement. The program will address significant space deficits and accessibility issues.

Library Renewal Project Goals

The Library Renewal Project has five primary goals to address challenges while building upon the strengths and assets of our existing facility to create a 21st-century community Library that will welcome, serve, and inspire all patrons for generations to come. These goals are:

1. Improve/Expand

Improve/Expand the Library and accommodate more users and programs through increases in public spaces, use-specific spaces (i.e., Learning Lab), services, technological infrastructure, and collections for all age groups.

2. Barrier-Free Community

Create a barrier-free community center library. Ensure that everyone is welcome, has access, and is equitably served. This will include design and lighting elements, parking improvements, and accessibility accommodations.

3. Functionality

Improve the Functionality of the Library. Provide an improved user experience and service to patrons.

4. Rehabilitate

Rehabilitate the existing Library building. Address issues of flexibility, sustainability, energy efficiency, infrastructure reliability, and resiliency.

5. Positioning

Position the Library as the primary steward and curator of local archives and collections.

Project Objectives by Goal

To accomplish these goals, the PRPL will undertake the following objectives, listed here by goal:

  • Increase the size of the Children’s Room while including dedicated program space with an age-appropriate layout and design.
  • Increase the number and variety of technology-enabled meeting spaces to accommodate small, mid-size, and large groups.
  • Provide WAP/Wi-Fi, power receptacles, and charging stations.
  • Provide quiet reading and study areas/spaces.
  • Increase library programs and community programs over a wide range of offerings on culture, civic engagement, the arts, history, technology, and other programs of interest to the community.
  • Design for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance throughout the improved/expanded Library.
  • Create inspiring, welcoming, new barrier-free main entrance, vestibule, and lobby to serve as a patron circulation core.
  • Maximize the ease of access and use for all staff and patrons (from stroller parking to improved wayfinding signage to private spaces for nursing mothers and those with hearing impairments) throughout the Library.
  • Increase technology readiness throughout the library by improving access, capacity, capability, and adaptability.
  • Develop a flexible design to meet current and anticipated future needs.
  • Upgrade all systems for optimal performance, including:
  • HVAC for better climate regulation and preservation of collections and materials
  • Lighting and Daylight Harvesting to be sustainable and energy efficient
  • Fire Protection to enhance Life Safety at or above code-minimum
  • Plumbing Fixtures and Fittings to be sustainable and energy efficient
  • Achieve Silver or higher, LEED-Equivalent Certification.
  • Design for inspiration to promote increased patronage and design excellence that enables the Library to serve as a flagship facility for the Community.
  • Carry out exterior/building envelope repair/rehabilitation work including:
  • Roof
  • Brick Masonry and concrete surfaces
  • Doors and Windows
  • Wood Trim
  • Renovate and reconfigure the entire interior of the existing Library to accommodate optimal placement and adjacency of the six Library Zones:
  • Welcome Zone
  • Community Zone
  • Service and Support Zone
  • Children’s Zone
  • Teen/Young Adult Zone
  • Adult Zone
  • If needed, expand available floor space in the existing Library by relocating HVAC equipment to the roof and repurposing the existing Mezzanine/Mechanical Penthouse, adding second-story floor space above the existing circulation desk area.
  • Create space for archival storage and exhibition.
  • Enable preservation and digitization of materials and audio recording.
  • Facilitate the demands of the Learning Lab Program(s).
  • Coordinate efforts with local historic preservation groups.

The Library Renewal Advisory Committee (LRAC)

LRAC Mission Statement

The vision of the Library Renewal Advisory Committee is to partner with government, education, advocacy, community, and business to strengthen and sustain our library. Further, to promote our local library as a unique and invaluable resource to the whole of our community.

Past Meeting Minutes

October 2025
December 2022
October 2022
August 2022
June 2022
April 2022
February 2022

Survey Results

2023 Renovation Survey Responses
Community-Survey-Responses

Message From the Director

December 2022 Enewsletter

2/23/2023 Floor Plan

FloorPlan

PRPL Renewal Videos – Meeting Spaces • Building Safety • Floor Plans

PRPL Renewal Videos – The Learning Lab • Children’s Department

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Pearl River Public Library

75 E. Central Avenue Pearl River, NY 10965
845-735-4084

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Friday12:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Saturday10:00 AM — 5:00 PM
Sunday1:00 PM — 5:00 PM

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