Building opened to public in September 2019. Contractor is in process of finishing the punch list items.

The site that has been chosen for this facility is a combination of the existing two sites for the Wheaton Community Recreation Center and the Wheaton Library. Some of the site issues to be studied include impacts to the adjacent residential neighborhood by relocating existing roads and access, determining how storm water management can be provided, and preparing concept layouts for the building and parking on the new combined site.

This facility will combine a new Wheaton Library and a new Wheaton Community Recreation Center in one building. This combined facility would provide the community with a library and community recreation center that would be equivalent to comparable libraries and recreation centers with similar service needs throughout the rest of the county. The project will include the combining of redundant spaces offered by both facilities, such as lobbies, meeting rooms, and restrooms, into shared spaces. The use of shared spaces could reduce the overall building size, which allows for reuse of the existing site.

Furniture survey for new Wheaton Library

(Begins Sunday, November 19, 2017)

Montgomery County Public Libraries and the Department of General Services, Division of Building Design and Construction will be conducting an online survey from November 19th through December 17th to solicit feedback from the Wheaton community about proposed library furniture selections for the new Wheaton Library.

Interested residents are invited to visit the Wheaton Interim Library, located at 2400 Arcola Avenue, in the second floor ballroom of the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad building, beginning Sunday November 19th, to view and sit in the proposed furniture before taking the online survey.

The survey will be available in four languages (English, Spanish, French, and Chinese) on the Wheaton Interim Library website, http://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/branches/wheaton.html?utm_source=responsive&utm_medium=menu&utm_campaign=redesign.

To kick off the survey, please join members of the Wheaton Library Advisory Committee (LAC) at the library on Sunday, November 19 between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm. LAC members will be available to direct residents to the proposed furniture selections and to assist residents in completing the online survey.

For those who can’t attend the kick-off, the proposed furniture will be available at the Wheaton Interim Library during normal business hours for viewing and trying out from November 19th through December 17th, which are also the dates when the online survey will be available on the Montgomery County Public Libraries, Wheaton Interim Branch webpage.

For additional information, contact Dianne Whitaker at 240-777-0678 or 240-777-0686.