The new West Pearland Library, Phase 2 of the Sports Complex at Shadow Creek Ranch, Fire Station No. 4, and the Shari D. Coleman Animal Shelter and Adoption Center will hold ribbon-cutting ceremonies in March or April, according to the release.
The $21.89 million West Pearland Library, which will be located at the northwest corner of Shadow Creek Parkway and Kirby Drive, is expected to hold its ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on April 9, according to the release.
“This new space means the world to us,” librarian Jessica Williams said in the release. “The library is what connects so much of our community to the world."
Williams is the branch librarian for the Pearland Westside Library on Business Center Drive and she will move to the West Pearland Library, according to the release.
The 39,000-square-foot building will boast a 100-seat teaching theater, multipurpose community rooms, private study rooms, outdoor spaces and the Brazoria County satellite tax office, Pearland Assistant City Manager Trent Epperson previously told Community Impact Newspaper.
Additionally, the city will hold the ribbon-cutting for Phase 2 of the Sports Complex at Shadow Creek Ranch on March 12 at 9 a.m. The event will also include the groundbreaking ceremony for the all-inclusive playground, which has been collecting funding since last May.
Phase 2 of the $8.82 million project includes the addition of two cricket and rugby fields, a miracle field—which is a surface designed to accommodate special needs athletes—additional field lighting and roughly 250 parking spaces, according to the release.
Lastly, both the $8.32 million Fire Station No. 4 and the $9.94 million Shari D. Coleman Animal Shelter and Adoption Center are expected to hold their ribbon cutting ceremonies in April as well, but exact dates were not announced in the news release.
