Construction of New 14,000-Square-Foot Barboursville Library Branch

FAIN: CHA-261814-19

Cabell County Public Library (Huntington, WV 25701-1417)
Judy Kirkwood Rule (Project Director: March 2018 to present)

The construction of a new public library branch to expand library service and deliver more humanities programming to the Barboursville, West Virginia, community.

The project will replace the Barboursville (WV) branch library of the Cabell County Public Library system with a new 14,000 square-foot facility. The current building is deteriorating and molding via water damage from cracked underground drainage pipes and water runoff from uphill parking lots. Usage statistics show that in 2017 Barboursville Branch generated 32% of the materials circulation of the seven library branches combined, and it is regularly visited by twenty-five elementary school classes. Barboursville computer usage, wireless Internet use, program attendance, notary transactions, and number of people entering the facility also significantly exceeds the other branches. The new larger building (on a parcel of land donated by the city) will not only house a larger materials collection, but will also support more extensive humanities programming, as it will have additional meeting rooms, one with an external entrance, providing after-hours access to the building.