VOTE Yes
for a New Truckee Library
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We’ve outgrown our library
Truckee’s 50-year-old library was built for a different era. It’s outdated, undersized and no longer meets the needs of our region.
Opened in 1976, when Truckee’s population was just 2,000, the Truckee library now serves over 20,000 residents. With room for only 54 people, our library is bursting at the seams and unable to meet the needs of our growing, vibrant community.
Insufficient space, technology and infrastructure limit programs and services that modern libraries provide.
An emergency resource center for RESILIENCE, safety and CONNECTION
Truckee does not currently have an ADA-accessible public facility with permanent backup power that can operate during an extended power outage, heavy smoke, or extreme heat or cold. The current library simply can’t serve our town in a community emergency. It’s too small, outdated, and lacks the infrastructure to stay open when we need it most.
When other places close their doors, the library will open its doors wide, becoming a trusted gathering place for warmth, permanent backup power, and connection during community emergencies.
What Will The
New Truckee Library
Offer?
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The current library’s 54-person limit leaves just one small table with four chairs in the teen section, and the children’s area frequently exceeds capacity during popular programs like story time. The new library will support early childhood reading, teen services, tutoring, after-school and summer programs, and student success year-round.
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Truckee does not currently have an ADA-accessible public facility with permanent backup power that can operate during wildfires, power outages, and other emergencies. The new library will provide back-up power, communications infrastructure, and full accessibility for people with disabilities to support residents during wildfires, smoky days, power outages, extreme weather, and other community emergencies.
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Today, over 20,000 residents and 15,000 library cardholders rely on a library that was built for 2,000. One that holds only 54 people at capacity. The new library will provide expanded space for job training, technology, community programs, and cultural engagement for all ages and abilities.
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A new 20,000 sq. ft. Truckee Regional Library would create indoor and outdoor spaces for events, workshops, and public meetings that foster connection and belonging.
Mandatory local control
and accountability
are built into Measure G
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