During construction of a new facility, the Town 'N Country Regional Public Library is operating in a temporary location at the Thompson Center Waters on the northeast corner of Anderson Road and Waters Avenue.

The temporary location is a full service library offering a complete collection of materials, free Internet access, and room for community meetings, quiet study and tutoring. It also offers a variety of educational and recreational programs and computer classes for adults and children.

The Town 'N Country Regional Public Library has an active Friends group, a staunch supporter and advocate of library programs and services. At the temporary location, the newly opened Friends Book Store offers great bargains on gently used books. All proceeds benefit the library.

Coming Soon!

A new 28,000 square foot library is currently under construction at the Paula Drive site. The library will be a part of the Town 'N Country Commons, a multi-story complex that will also house a Head Start facility, a Senior Center and will be adjacent to a new County park. Construction completion is expected in 2008.

History

The Town 'N Country Regional Public Library began operation in 1969 as the West Gate Branch Library in a storefront at the West Gate Shopping Center. The library moved to a new building on Paula Drive in the spring of 1975. The branch was a test site for the library system's first automated circulation system in 1986. West Gate Branch Library became a regional library in 1995. On March 15, 2007, after 32 years of operation, the Paula Drive location closed to make way for construction of the Town 'N Country Commons.

The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners approved renaming the library the "Town 'N Country Regional Public Library" on May 16th, 2007. The Town 'N Country Regional Public Library reopened at its temporary location in the Thompson Center Waters on June 11, 2007.

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