Keeneland has gifted $100,000 to the Lexington Public Library's capital campaign for the Marksbury Family Branch to open on Versailles Road in late 2023. The library broke ground last August on the new branch–which will replace the former Village Branch, and provide more educational and civic resources for the neighborhoods it serves.
The new structure will reflect the community's vision for a state-of-the-art hub, one that offers robust resources and a myriad of program and service offerings. The Village Branch pioneered bilingual library services in Lexington, and the new facility–nearly triple the amount of space as its predecessor–will expand resources available to Lexington's Latino, immigrant, and refugee families. The expansion will add community and study rooms; a dedicated classroom; makerspace; an outdoor reading area; expanded adult and children's areas; and a drive-thru window where customers can pick up and return borrowed materials.
In recognition of their donation, a 16-seat meeting room on the first floor of the Marksbury Family Branch will be named in Keeneland's honor. “It's been exciting for Keeneland to have a hand in making the Marksbury Family Branch a reality,” Keeneland Senior Director of Operations and Community Relations Kara Heissenbuttel said. “As a state-of- the-art space, this facility offers tremendous potential to both welcome visitors to Lexington and to serve people of all backgrounds.”
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