John and Judy Gay Library to temporarily close during expansion work

The John and Judy Gay Public Library will be temporarily closed for construction starting Jan. 6, according to the city.

The library will reopen Jan. 13 with limited offerings through early February.

During this time, the library will be undergoing work towards an expansion that will add more than 15,000 square feet onto the existing 20,437-square-foot building. This includes additional teen, adult and toddler areas as well as two multipurpose rooms, over 3,000 square feet of outdoor program space, and 148 additional parking spaces.

Right now, everything is still on schedule, McKinney Director of Libraries Spencer Smith said.

The expansion project began in April and is expected to be complete by May.

“We anticipate our opening celebration at the end of May [or the] first week of June,” Smith said in an email.