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Inquiring Minds Want to Know....The Rockwall County Library in Rockwall, Texas

By Barbara Hensley

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January 27, 2011 10:27 AM

Inquiring Minds Want to Know......The Rockwall County Library in Rockwall, Texas

A Welcoming Place to Inspire the Mind

In September 2008, the Rockwall County Library moved to it's current location at 1215 E. Yellowjacket Lane. Funded by an $11.5 million bond issue passed by the citizens of the county in November 2004. The new library is approximately five times the size of the old facility .

The Rockwall County Library serves as the main hub for the community's cultural, information, and learning needs and is dedicated to improving the quality of life of its users by supporting their lifelong learning and information needs. The Library offers programs for specific user groups in our community and by providing programs and services to meet the cultural and educational needs and interests in Rockwall, Texas.

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Highlights of the new facility include: ample parking, a spacious new children's area, a teen center, an increased number of public computers, over 7,000 new books added to the existing collection, a large community meeting room, small meeting spaces and study rooms, a patio and balcony, a cafe area with vending machines, a Literacy Center, and a convenient drive-through book drop. Free wireless Internet access is available throughout the building during library hours.

Library Hours:

10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Monday, Wednesday

10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday

10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday

10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday

Closed Sunday

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Norma Toering Broker for Palos Verdes and Beach Cities

Charlemagne International Properties - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Palos Verdes Luxury Homes in L.A.

Looks like a lovely addition to the community. Call me old fashioned, but I love libraries and bookstores!

Jan 27, 2011 12:20 PM

Barbara Hensley

RE/MAX Properties - Rockwall, TX

Homes for Sale in Rockwall County, Texas

Norma, I know just what you mean! I love spending the afternoon in a library or a book store. My two daughters loved going to the library when they were very young and they are both big readers in their adult life.

Jan 27, 2011 12:29 PM

Larry O'Sullivan

Sandy, UT

Barbara - a beautiful building well reviewed. Love libraries and what they contain.You taught your daughters well.

It was harder to get my Sandy Library card than for me to become a permanent resident of this country. I didn't have the local proof of who I was. I might have had a passport,employment approval, licenses and other indentification, and even my US wife in tow to say that we had a seasoned marriage certificare and where we lived, but the librarian insisted on utility bills, in my name only, to my home address, spanning a period of months. As you can imagine from this anecdote, that now I have my card, I value it highly.

Jan 27, 2011 02:18 PM

Praful Thakkar

LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA

Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Barbara, libraries are good - always. And with the modernization, I can download an eBook as well as request a book online etc. I hope the library is 'TECH SAVVY'....lol

Jan 27, 2011 04:34 PM

Brian Doubleday

Brian Doubleday - IML RealEstate - Orange County, CA Broker - Ladera Ranch, CA

Ladera Ranch, Foothill Ranch, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo

My wife took my son tonight to our local library, I almost forgot with all the technology that they still exist. What a great library they built for your community

Jan 27, 2011 04:54 PM

Brin Realty Associates Team At Bean Group

Bean Group | Brin Realty Associates - Amherst, NH

Amherst NH homes and Southern NH real estate

Ooh la la, what a libarary, very impressive. I just had to share a photo of our little libarary for comparison Barbara...of course the town of Amherst's population is about 12,000.

Jan 27, 2011 11:50 PM

Joyce Godwin, Realtor, CRS

RE/MAX Elite Properties; Serving Cypress, Spring, Tomball, NW Houston - Houston, TX

RE/MAX Elite Properties

Hi Barbara, What a beautiful building! Sounds like a great addition to the community with all the other things it offers. Awesome photo!

Jan 28, 2011 01:51 AM

Good Morning, Larry. I think I knew you would be one that would love the library. What a story you have about how hard it was for you to get your library card. We often take simple pleasures for granted and this was far from simple for you.

Praful, thanks for your comment. I have heard of many libraries being closed during these rough times. I hope libraries will always be with us. Keeping up with technology is important for survival - even in libraries.

Rene, I love the picture. I just know that Amherst's library must be a cozy warm place to enjoy. Thanks for putting up the picture.

Brian, I think many are forgetting about libraries in this busy high paced world of ours. I know that I, as well as my daughters, feel in love with books from visits to the library.

Hello, Joyce, thank you. We do love the awesome new library here in Rockwall, Texas. It was a long time coming!

Jan 28, 2011 01:56 AM

Kathy Streib

Cypress, TX

Home Stager/Redesign

Barbara- it's refreshing to know that in this age of Kindle's and computers, that communities are still funding public libraries. I know that many of our seniors go to their library almost daily and make great use of them.

Jan 28, 2011 08:27 AM

Libraries are great for Seniors, an excellent excuse to get out of the house. I love libraries for children also. Some of my fav memories of the early years for my two daughters were when we would spend an afternoon reading and checking out books. It became a ritual with the three of us...also affordable.

Jan 28, 2011 08:35 AM

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