The remnants of the Gritters Library building in Northeast Cobb stood in a heaping pile Monday as demolition crews completed their work.
The nearly 50-year-old building in Shaw Park, which closed in June, was torn down as the Cobb County Public Library System begins a rebuilding project that’s expected to take a year.
The new branch on the same site will be much more than a library. The 15,000-square-foot replacement, at a cost of $9.8 million, will include county workforce development programs and the Northeast Cobb Community Center, which is being relocated from another part of Shaw Park.
Gritters patrons are being directed to the Mountain View Regional Library and library staff will be reassigned to other branches until the new library opens next year.
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