Breaking Ground for the Mount Vernon Library Commons

The Ground­break­ing Cer­e­mony for the Mount Ver­non Li­brary Com­mons was held on Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 17. The event was at­tended by many com­mu­nity mem­bers; Sen­a­tor Liz Lovelett and State Rep­re­sen­ta­tives Suzan Del­Bene, De­bra Lekanoff, Alex Ramel, Greg Gil­day and Dave Paul, and even a video mes­sage from Gov­er­nor Jay In­slee. At­ten­dees were treated to per­for­mances by the Mount Ver­non High School Band as the com­mu­nity cel­e­brated this crit­i­cal mile­stone for the Li­brary Com­mons pro­ject.

Mayor Boudreau spoke to the his­tory of the pro­ject and the im­por­tance this pro­ject for to­day and fu­ture gen­er­a­tions. The Li­brary Com­mons will serve as a cat­a­lyst for eco­nomic de­vel­op­ment and serve as an ex­am­ple of sus­tain­able de­sign for the state and na­tion.
We are so hon­ored to work with the City of Mount Ver­non on this pro­ject that means so much to this com­mu­nity.