{"id":34844,"date":"2013-12-19T07:39:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T13:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=34844"},"modified":"2013-12-20T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:09:28","slug":"new-library-site-search-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=34844","title":{"rendered":"Site Search Continues for New Library Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/libraryconcept2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24232\" alt=\"libraryconcept2\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/libraryconcept2-300x202.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a>Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System Board of Directors has retained Dardis Realty in the search for a possible\u00a0property to locate a new library building.<\/p>\n<p>The Library Board voted unanimously voted to hire Michael J. Swartz as a broker, for 5 percent of the purchase price of whatever property is bought, at a minimum of $3,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Library Board wanted to purchase the site of the former Essentia clinic, then the site was sold to another party.<\/p>\n<p>Librarian Joe Rector says the priority list for the new library building, includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>safety<\/li>\n<li>downtown location<\/li>\n<li>parking<\/li>\n<li>sufficient size to accommodate a 28,000-square-foot library<\/li>\n<li>bookmobile storage<\/li>\n<li>reasonable price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The library board is open to all options. Some possible locations suggested\u00a0for the new library are:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>former Eagles building<\/li>\n<li>former Elks building<\/li>\n<li>former C.H. Carpenter Lumber property<\/li>\n<li>near Jamestown High School<\/li>\n<li>part of the proposed Two Rivers Activity Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In November 2013, the estimated cost of\u00a0building a new library was $8.23 million.\u00a0 The Library Board also discussed when it should begin working with the Stutsman County Commission and the Jamestown City Council for approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Stutsman County Commission is open to allowing JRVLS to rent the entire building that houses the Stutsman County Library, but no decision was made.<\/p>\n<p>The board also is looking at possible alternatives for eventually replacing the bookmobile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System Board of Directors has retained Dardis Realty in the search for a possible\u00a0property to locate a new library building. The Library Board voted unanimously voted to hire Michael J. Swartz as a broker, for 5 percent of the purchase price of whatever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34844"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34847,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34844\/revisions\/34847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}