DNAinfo/Sam Cholke
DOUGLAS — The Bee Branch Library’s updates are now expected to cost $2.32 million, according to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Office.
The upgrades, which include two new floors with a new digital youth media lab for teens and adults and a dedicated early childhood area, were announced in May, but Emanuel said Wednesday CHA will pay for them.
“Modern libraries are the core of communities throughout Chicago and critical for the education of our students,” Emanuel said. “This investment will modernize the Chicago Bee Library to better serve the Bronzeville community for generations to come.”
CHA will foot the $2.32 million bill to add 2,000 square feet to the current one-story library at 3647 S. State St.
Work is expected to start later this year.
