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The library announced the signature of a purchase agreement for the land Thursday morning.
“The location is highly visible from National Road and centrally located to dense population areas in Englewood and Clayton,” said Tim Kambitsch, executive director of Dayton Metro Library. “It is also well positioned to build on our partnerships with the Northmont City Schools, Sinclair Community College and the YMCA.”
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The new library will be more than 50% bigger than the current library at the Englewood Government Center. Ruestchle Architects will design the new building with Shook Construction handling construction management.
Design work is expected to start in April with construction planned to begin in spring 2021.
The new library is expected to take about a year to complete.
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Dayton Metro Library considered multiple areas on National Road for the new site and even looked into sharing a space on property owned by Northmont City Schools.
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