This week, the former Hummelstown Library celebrated its grand opening as the William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library with a dedication ceremony held at the new facility located in Hummelstown, PA. 

As landscape architect for the project, FTLA partner Aaron Teeter attended the July 27 event which featured notable guests such as Michele Ridge, former First Lady of Pennsylvania, and other dignitaries. After the library met its $1.5 million fund-raising goal for a new facility in the spring of 2009 it began plans for a 13,000-square-foot library to accommodate its growing number of books. The new library has four times the space of the old building, includes 27 public computers, an expanded kids’ area with adjacent areas for “tweens” and young adults, public meeting rooms, reading courtyards and a 50-car parking lot. 

FTLA transformed the library’s outdoor space into a functional area designed for a community amphitheater and children’s outdoor reading area. FTLA was also responsible for a rooftop garden that covers more than a third of the building’s roof and features drought-tolerant plants for minimal maintenance.