Forest Home/Mitchell Street Branch
The Mitchell Street Branch opened on Saturday, October 17, 2017, replacing the former Forest Home Branch.
Library Development
Milwaukee Public Library is replacing four branches with new library facilities that will be part of mixed-use projects and completely rebuilding one standalone branch from the inside out. The new facilities will help the city continue to improve library service and save ongoing operating costs, while anchoring catalytic community development projects for each of the neighborhoods and business districts in which the projects are located.
Mayor Tom Barrett, the Common Council and the Library Board of Trustees have dedicated $22.5 million to the redevelopment project. Read more about the project in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's article.
The libraries to be replaced are:
Mill Road/Good Hope Project
Construction will begin on a new mixed-used building on 7717 W. Good Hope Rd. in 2018.
Martin Luther King
The library is working with a developer to finance a new mixed-used building on the current King site.
Capitol
Milwaukee Public Library is replacing four branch libraries with new library facilities that will be part of mixed-use projects. The planning for a new Capitol branch will begin in 2017.