Palm Springs Library Foundation launches campaign to fund restoration project
City News Service
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Public Library Foundation announced Monday it has launched a $7 million capital campaign toward the library’s renovation project.
“A New Chapter: Revitalizing Our Palm Springs Public Library” is a fundraising campaign in support of the library’s multimillion-dollar renovation.
Construction on the $52 million project is already underway.
Additionally, the library’s Board of Trustees pledged to match the first $1 million in donations, officials said.
Proceeds will go toward restoration and sustainability of the 35,000- square-foot facility, including an event hall, a maker space, teen center and outdoor reading gardens.
The library will recognize donors with naming opportunities throughout the renovated library, officials said.
“Palm Springs has a long tradition of generosity and civic pride,” Bill Wylie, the Foundation’s Board President, said in a statement. “Our community has always championed the institutions that make this city unique, and our library is definitely one of them.”
News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with Foundation Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign Steering Committee Ed McBride about the campaign and renovation.
McBride says it’s been around 50 years since the library has had any major work done, adding, “We’re not touching the building itself on the exterior, but the inside is being totally revamped to meet a current library in this current century, so it will be a gamechanger.”
So far, about $650 thousand has been raised in early commitments.
The library is temporarily operating from Rimrock Plaza, 4721 E. Palm Canyon Drive, with a tentative reopening of the renovated building planned for summer 2027 at 300 S. Sunrise Way.
More information can be found at https://nextchapter.pslibraryfoundation.org/.