WHAT:
The Enoch Pratt Free Library will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation and restoration of the Central Library/State Library Resource Center. The $115M renovation will preserve the past and position the Enoch Pratt Free Library to serve all Marylanders in the future. With more than half a million visitors each year, the state-of-the-art renovations to the Central Library will improve the building’s infrastructure and increase opportunities for learning, research, creativity and civic engagement. It will complement the Pratt’s significant print collection with the latest technologies, welcoming a vibrant future while preserving a cherished historic landmark. The renovation is expected to be completed in three and half years.
The Central Library will remain open throughout the construction.
The project is funded by the State of Maryland, City of Baltimore and library donors.

WHO: Maryland Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake
Carla D. Hayden, Chief Executive Officer, Enoch Pratt Free Library

WHEN: Wednesday, June 29, 2016,11 a.m.

WHERE: 

Central Library/State Library Resource Center
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

VISUALS: Tour of the Central Library/State Library Resource Center

For more information about the Central Library renovation, visit our website at www.prattlibrary.org. Also look for the Pratt Library on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.

Remember at the Enoch Pratt Free Library: “Your journey starts here.”