New library in Hawks Prairie

Lacey Mayor Graeme Sackrison, speaking before the Hawk Prairie Rotary Club, today said that the City of Lacey will be building a new library in Hawks Prairie.

The City of Lacey has said they will build a new city facility in the Lacey Gateway area, sometime in the future.  The city has always left it open as to what particular facility, but today, Sackrison said a library would be a certainty. 

“The Lacey Timberland Regional Libary is the largest circulation library in the Timberland system,” Sackrison said.  “It’s just about reached its capacity and I see a new library in Hawks Prairie as a reality.”

The mayor went on to say that the city has the ability to buy five acres of land for a new city facility in the Gateway area and is looking at possibly buying another five acres for a total of ten.

Sackrison said that amount of property would allow the city to build more than one facility.   He gave possible examples, in addition to the library, as a community center or even a new farmer’s market.