After a competitive RFP (request for proposal) process, Heights Libraries has hired the Independence Construction-DeGeronimo Companies as the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for the Noble Neighborhood branch renovation project. The decision was announced at the...
Want to Serve Your Community? Heights Libraries Is Accepting Applications for a New Board Member The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library is now accepting applications for a new board member, with applications due at noon on Friday November 18, 2022....
On the afternoon of Thursday, October 6, at the Lee Road branch, a young teen who was currently under eviction from the library tried to enter the building with what appeared to be a handgun protruding from the waistband of his pants. It was later determined to be a...
Beginning Aug. 27, the lower level of the University Heights branch of the Heights Libraries experienced flooding that lasted, off and on, for roughly two weeks. The lower level is home to the branch’s children and teen areas, including the collections for both age...
Curbside Service to begin by Friday The University Heights branch of the Heights Libraries system will remain closed until further notice due to ongoing flooding in the building’s lower level, home to the children and teen areas. Staff have moved all books, furniture,...
As part of its commitment to workforce development, Heights Libraries expanded its internship opportunities for young people this summer. Starting in June, the library has hosted six interns across its four branches—five high school students and one college student....
Heights Libraries is pleased to welcome the newest member of its management team, Kaela Sweeney. Sweeney is the new strategic projects manager, replacing Maggie Kinney, who moved to the Coventry branch manager position in 2021. Sweeney, who grew up in Georgia and...
This post answers public questions regarding the Coventry School Building raised at and after the June 21, 2022 Meeting of the Library Board of Trustees. As used in these answers: “CPC” means Coventry P.E.A.C.E., Inc., the nonprofit corporation with an existing (but...
This post answers more recent questions from both CPC and the public about the status of the Coventry School Building. Answers were originally posted 5/18, and have been revised as of this date to provide additional context and information based on subsequent...
The joint makerspace and flexible-learning center will replace rows of desktop computers that inhabited HKIC’s semi-enclosed computer lab, which has been closed to the public since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We wanted to take a space that wasn’t ideal for...