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Springfield, MO
Mid-Continent Public Library branch
Lee’s Summit
Sapp Design Associates Architects PC and Helix Architecture & Design Inc. (Kansas City) redesigned 31 branches and new locations for Kansas City’s Mid-Continent Public Library system, which serves more than 800,000 people. Funded by the passage of Proposition L in 2016, MCPL is investing $113 million to enhance its libraries. Sapp designed the new 18,500-square-foot East Lee’s Summit Branch with community rooms, enclosed meeting and study rooms, designated teen and children’s areas, and an outdoor program space. JE Dunn Construction Co. will serve as general contractor with engineering work by Olsson Inc., civil, structural and landscape; and BranchPattern Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska), mechanical, electrical and plumbing. The library is expected to be completed in February 2020.
Plaza Shopping Center gained an arcade with the March 1 opening of The Flying Lap LLC; the repurposing of space operated by Burrell Behavioral Health resulted in the March 18 opening of the company’s second autism center; and a group of downtown business owners teamed up to reopen J.O.B. Public House.