OCLS approves lease for Horizon West library

The 20,000 square-foot library building will include an outdoor pavilion that will share parking and outdoor space with recreation and community facilities operated by the county.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 12:30 p.m. June 10, 2022

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Orange County Library System has approved the lease for a new library in Horizon West.

According to OCLS, the library will have a ground lease with Orange County that will allow for the design and construction of a library in the Horizon West Regional Park.

The 20,000 square-foot library building will include an outdoor pavilion that will share parking and outdoor space with recreation and community facilities operated by the county.

The OCLS Board of Trustees approved the lease on Thursday, June 9, with another new location in Lake Nona.

Library Board of Trustees President Crockett Bohannon thanked the city of Orlando and Orange County for working with the board to make it possible to begin work on both branches at the same time.

"This has been a long road and a lot of hard work, but I’m proud of what we have been able to accomplish," Bohannon said. "I’m happy to tell the people living in Lake Nona and Horizon West that they have libraries on the way.”

Updates on the new branch project will be posted to the library’s website as they are available.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.