A new library building in Republic is set to open in January, this weekend the Springfield-Greene County Library District, library staff and its community will bid farewell to the old building.
Republic’s branch manager Tysha Shay said the building has been home to the library since 2009. The city has grown by over 4,000 residents since then, almost 30% growth in the last 15 years. The branch is the library district’s busiest outside of Springfield.
“So, with the significant growth that we have seen, we knew at that time, that we needed to grow from the current building that we have into a bigger building, to be able to accommodate more of the amenities that patron that our, our community members wanted.”…