Mayor Bowser to Cut the Ribbon on Cleveland Park Library

(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Saturday, June 16, at 10:30 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will cut the ribbon on the new, $19.7 million Cleveland Park Library. Located at 3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, the Cleveland Park Library is the nineteenth neighborhood library to be renovated or rebuilt since 2008, and the first new library to be built in a historic district. Some of the new features include:

• a first floor meeting/assembly space that will accommodate up to 205 people;
• two 45-person meeting rooms on the lower level that can be combined to fit 105 people;
• four private study rooms, each with space for up to four people;
• an outdoor reading garden; and
• two second floor balconies for outdoor reading.

WHO:

Mayor Muriel Bowser
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson
Council Member Mary Cheh, Ward 3
Council Member David Grosso, At-large
Richard Reyes-Gavilan, Executive Director, DC Public Library
Gregory McCarthy, Chair, DC Public Library Board of Trustees

WHEN:

Saturday, June 16, at 10:30 am

WHERE:

Cleveland Park Library
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW
*Closest Metro: Cleveland Park Metro Station*

Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected]. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).