- December 6, 2024
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Orange County Library System hosted a groundbreaking event for the Horizon West Branch Library Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 4657 Hamlin Groves Trail, Winter Garden.
The planned library, which is set to open in spring 2025, is located past the Horizon West Regional Park entrance.
The library campus will include 11 acres with shared parking, retention ponds, the library building, an outdoor area and space for a future recreation center. The 20,000-square-foot library building with outdoor space will be on 1.1 acres.
Borrelli + Partners, an architecture, planning, landscape and interior firm, created the library design. The Horizon West branch will include a lobby, children’s section, an area for collections, public computers, training rooms, study rooms, a media lab, meeting rooms, outdoor stage, administration area and support space.
The library will have meeting space with flex walls that can accommodate large or small events. There is one large space with about 1,300 square feet and two other rooms that are about 700 square feet each — and these can all be opened to create one 2,700-square-foot room.
The library's design also incorporates natural elements that blend in with the regional park.
The parking area will include a separate equestrian parking area since the regional park will have a number of equestrian trails.
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