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Fact Sheet about Rondo Community Outreach Library

Apartments & Townhomes Information

For information regarding apartments and townhouses that will be part of the Rondo Community Outreach Library building, please contact:

Vicki Saete
Legacy Management
952-831-1448

There are over 90 apartments and 6 townhomes that will be part of the building. Laundry facilities will be available on each floor. Enclosed parking is on the floor above the library. There is on-site management with an office, a community room for renters to use for events, and a meeting room in the apartment office.

Photo Album, Floorplans, & Artwork

Online Photo Album - Watch the progress of Saint Paul's newest branch library, from groundbreaking to grand opening.

Floorplans- What will the new Library look like?

Featured Artwork at the Library

Fast Facts

Name of Project: Rondo Community Outreach Library/University and Dale Apartments

Partners:

• City of Saint Paul
• Saint Paul Public Library
• Legacy Management and Development Corporation
• Aurora St. Anthony Neighborhood Development Corporation
• Selby Area CDC

Architect

BKV Group, Minneapolis

Contractor

Kraus Anderson

Square footage

• Library: 31,343 square feet (Lexington Outreach Library square footage - 18,718 square feet)
• Housing: 146,879 square feet
• Total: 205,763 square feet (including parking, mechanical etc.)

Features of Library

• More room for seating
• More bookshelf space
• More computers - 102 computers, almost four times as many as Lexington=s current complement
• Community meeting space
• Expanded Business Resource Center
• Expanded Homework Center
• Self-Check machines
• Color Copier
• Software and Hardware to better serve the physically challenged
• Better parking

Features of Housing

• 98 units - 80 percent of the apartments will be affordable to people who make less than 60 percent of the median income.

Cost

• Library portion of project: $9.3 million
• Housing: $14.2 million
• Total project: $23.5 million

Funding Sources

Library

• Saint Paul Public Library Agency Bonds
• $750,000 in private funds raised by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

Housing

• Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
• City of Saint Paul
• Housing and Urban Development agency - HUD
• Metropolitan Council Family Housing Fund
• LISC - Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Public Art

$90,000 has been set aside for Public Art within the facility.

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