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Photos:
Groundbreaking Ceremony |
Parking Lot Surface
Removed
About the Shepard-Pruden Library Construction Project
480 days to completion : March
9, 2008
Architect:
TRAUB ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN, Gerald P. Traub
General
Contractor:
PROGRESSIVE CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.,
Eric A. Ferguson Project Manager
CONSTRUCT ION COST
IS $2,771,000.00
Location:
106 W. Water Street, Edenton,
NC 27932
Population served:
Chowan County, NC (pop
14,528)
Funded by Chowan County
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County
Commissioners: Ralph Cole, chairman; Jerry Downum; Jimmy
Alligood; Bill Gardner; Harry Lee Winslow
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County Manager:
Cliff Copeland
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Special
Projects Manager: Peter Rascoe
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Finance
Officer: Lisa Jones
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Chair, Library
Board of Trustees: Dossey Pruden
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Pettigrew
Regional Library Director: Kay Davis
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Chowan County
Librarian: Rosalie Miller
At-a-Glance Comparison
Area
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Before:
5,140 sq. ft.
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After:
11,363 sq. ft.
Public
Computer Stations
Shelving
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Before:
2103 linear feet
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After: 4488
linear feet
Other
features:
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Handicapped
accessible throughout
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Elevator
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Community
meeting room with Smart Wall
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Reproductions of original Chowan County furnishings in NC
Reading Room
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North
Carolina Research and Reference Room
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Secure
archival storage
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Outdoor
Reading Courtyard
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