The Hoodland Library is packing up its books and moving across the street.
The library has finalized plans to take over space in the Welches Mountain
Center July 1.

The current concept drawing shows the new library will boast 1,909 square
feet of space – up from the current footprint of 1,756 square feet.

Located at 24525 Welches Road, the library will include continuous space
utilizing additional breezeway and restroom areas, bay windows, and is
situated with views of a naturally landscaped wooded area, according to
Library Director Sarah McIntyre.

“We are very excited to be able to provide additional space and services at the
Hoodland Library,” McIntyre wrote in an email to The Mountain Times. “Our
concept drawings at this time show a meeting/programming room which initial
feedback shows as a very popular idea.”

The library’s building committee will now turn to collecting public feedback
from electronic surveys (www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z9NQLNV) and through
the flyer in this month’s Mountain Times being distributed to all post office
and mail boxes in the coverage area. The survey deadline is Jan. 15.

The building committee includes McIntyre; Linda Layne, Sandy/Hoodland
Library advisory board; Judith Norval, Friends of the Hoodland Library; Bob
Reeves, Villages at Mt. Hood; Dianne Downey, library assistant, Hoodland
Library; Tracy Brown, City of Sandy, director of planning and development;
and Margaret Thurman, Welches Mountain Properties (non-voting member).

The City of Sandy has signed a contract for architectural design services with
Architecture Northwest PC, and the process timeline is set for: December and
January – design process; February – permitting and RFP for construction
services; March through May – construction; and a July 1 move in.

The library staff will also be holding public meetings with the Hoodland
Women’s Club on Jan. 5, and the Mt. Hood Area Chamber of Commerce on
Jan. 6.