Photo by Emilie BoenigSenior Cinema participants watch a movie in the newly redecorated community room at the Cedar Park Public Library. The former council chambers also hosts childrens storytime, music and entertainment.
Renovations add room for group entertainment and laptop users
When Cedar Park City Council meetings relocated to the new city hall complex in April, it left a vacant space at the library. New designs in the former meeting room now reflect one of the space's primary uses, a children's entertainment and story area.
"We wanted to recapture that room back for our use," Library Director Pauline Lam said. "It was very crowded in the children's library, so we decided they can use that room for all the story times and so on, but it needed to be updated. So we cut back the stage about 4 feet, repainted the room and changed the accent wall color, got new carpet, and took down all the wallpaper."
The library's newly decorated community room will host an average of about 2,700 visitors per month, Lam said. The space is also used for adult library programs such as Senior Cinema and is rented for a fee to the public for meetings and training.
