Walnut Creek Library Foundation
P.O. Box 4979
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 925.935.5395 info@wclibrary.org

Opening Spring 2010 in Civic Park

Every great community needs a great library, and building a new library is an investment that a community like Walnut Creek undertakes perhaps once in a generation.

From toddlers attending story hour to seniors learning to use the Internet, our new Walnut Creek Library will serve people of all ages, interests and backgrounds. The library is an investment in our shared future and will be built with a flexible, sustainable design and integrated with Civic Park.

More than any other institution, the public library connects us with our past, enriches our present, and prepares us for a better tomorrow. Our new downtown library will serve as our community’s cultural and intellectual focus – as a cornerstone of Walnut Creek’s vision for the 21st century.

The Walnut Creek Library Foundation is leading the campaign to raise private funds for the new library – to make the difference between an adequate library and a library that truly meets the needs of the community for today and for generations to come.

Campaign News

Take a "Walking Tour" of the New Library

On your next visit downtown, stop by the new library construction site, along North Broadway in Civic Park, to explore the nine colorful story panels, displayed along the fence, that tell the story of the new library and what it will look like once it opens next year. See- through panels on the fence allow onlookers to observe the activity and progress on the construction site.

Invest in our community’s future . . .

"Topping Out" Ceremony March 4, 2009
Final beam placed on New Library

Onlookers celebrated the placement of the final steel beam on the south end of the new library during a "Topping Off" ceremony on March 4, 2009. The project is on budget and on schedule to be completed in mid-2010.