Nyssa, 3 (back), and Dominic, 4, enjoy computers designed for young users.

Members of the Logan Heights community recently packed the Community Room to help open a new, two-story, 25,000 square foot branch library. The new facility replaces a 3,967 square foot facility built in 1927. In a unique joint-use arrangement with the San Diego Unified School District, the library is on the Logan Elementary School grounds and adjacent to Memorial Charter Middle School.

Mayor Jerry Sanders and Council President Ben Hueso joined San Diego Public Library Director Deborah Barrow and Library Commission Chair Katie Sullivan at the grand opening ceremony on December 11. Students from Logan Heights Elementary and Memorial Charter Middle School opened the ceremony with a parade of artwork of their favorite books.

Council President Hueso announced a generous endowment gift for the Library from Gracia Molina de Pick. “The newly established Gracia Molina de Pick & Richard Allen Pick Endowment Fund at the San Diego Public Library Foundation will provide a lasting source of revenue to support a wide range of needs at this new library,” Hueso said.Other private library supporters of the library include Ann and Phil White, CP Kelco, Las Patronas, the La Jolla Debutante Ball Committee, the Logan Heights Friends of the Library and The Samuel & Katherine Weaver French Fund.

To read and view media reports on the library’s opening, visit:

• The San Diego Union-Tribune
• KPBS Radio
• KNSD Television
• KUSI Television

For more information on the grand opening ceremony and the new library, VISIT HERE.

For more information on supporting this or other branch libraries, contact Susan Howe by EMAIL or calling 619-238-6643.