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SO MUCH IS HAPPENING AT THE WINTHROP PUBLIC LIBRARY!
THE NEW OUTDOOR LIBRARY: IF ROCKS COULD TALK!
Only at the Winthrop Public Library - they can! Come visit the newest addition to the Outdoor Library - our story rock. Fun Facts: while the rock was delivered during the summer, the team used ice to ensure that the rocks would “melt” into the right positions. And that the poem surrounding the rock lights up at night? Come visit this beautiful example of what we can learn from our surroundings, right here at the Winthrop Public Library!
SOLAR GRANT AWARDED TO THE LIBRARY
The library building was designed to accept solar panels— and once installed, it will likely be the first non-residential building in Winthrop to be outfitted for clean, efficient solar power. FOWL and the Town of Winthrop applied for and won a $258,092 Clean Energy Fund grant by Washington Department of Commerce to help fund the acquisition and installation of solar! Work will start in the spring!
ART IN THE WINTHROP PUBLIC LIBRARY
Artist Hannah Viano tells us about the Methow-inspired art projects she created for the library. Tori Karpenko has a fascinating backstory of the sentinel tree that is the focal point in the library, as well as ‘books to birds’ that graces its entry.
WHAT A GRAND OPENING! JUNE 11, 2022
THANKS to the extraordinary support of over 1,000 community donors, the Town of Winthrop, the State of Washington and the North Central Washington Libraries, FOWL successfully completed and opened the new Winthrop Public Library on June 11th. Check out the Grand Opening scenes here!
Opening Day scenes captured by Steve Mitchell.
The crowd enters! Time lapse by Leslie Mittendorf.
Friends of the Winthrop Public Library (FOWL) created, funded and built the new Winthrop Public Library in partnership with the Town of Winthrop, Washington, the North Central Washington Libraries, the State of Washington and the support of community gifts. The five-year effort kicked off in 2017. FOWL broke ground on June 11, 2020, and exactly two years later, the new library opened to the public. Two architectural firms teamed up on the design: Johnston Architects and Prentiss Balance Wickline. Impel Construction was the general contractor.
