Thursday, March 28, 2013
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz was joined by a variety of local officials in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Owings Mills library.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said he remembers the idea of a transit-oriented development popping up when he was a councilman – in 1998. Needless to say, he was glowing with excitement at a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday for the new Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, the anchor of transit-oriented development at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills. “This is really just the beginning,” Kamenetz said. The library, which opened on Thursday, March 21, is Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch, boasting a collection of more than 142,000 items. The LEED Silver certified library is housed in the County Campus building, which will be home to a new Community College of Baltimore County Extension …
Monday, March 25, 2013
Since 2000, the leadership of Baltimore County has rightly recognized the importance of libraries through a series of important investments.
I had the opportunity to tour the new Owings Mills Library Branch last week, in my role as a member of the Baltimore County Board of Library Trustees. This 54,000 square foot facility—which can house upwards of nearly 150,000 items—will be the 19th branch of the Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL). The library opened to the public last Thursday, and a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled to take place this week. The Owings Mills branch, at over 54,000 square feet, will be the largest and most most technologically advanced location in the system. The branch is situated within the larger "County Campus at Metro Center," a shared use facility with the Community College of Baltimore County. Even more unique is the branch's close …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Baltimore County opened its 19th and largest public library in Owings Mills Thursday.
“It’s just beautiful.” Councilwoman Vicki Almond was glowing with excitement as she walked around the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library Thursday. She and her senior aide, Jonathan Schwartz, were treated to a tour at the library, which opened Thursday morning, by library system director Jim Fish. “Think about what this is going to look like in a few months,” Fish said, as he and Almond looked out on buildings and a parking garage still under construction. The library, Baltimore County’s 19th and largest branch, is the first tenant to open its doors at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a 1.2 million square-foot transit-oriented development at the Owings Mills Metro station. The library will share its building the …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The county's largest public library opens its doors at 9 a.m. Thursday.
The Metro Centre at Owings Mills will see the opening of its first tenant on Thursday as the Baltimore County Public Library's new Owings Mills branch opens its doors. At 9 a.m. Thursday, area residents will be able to patronize Baltimore County's largest public library, a 54,333-square-foot branch with a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use – 58 for adults and 12 for teens and children – according to a press release. The 19th Baltimore County Public Library branch is part of The Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a project that will boast 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, and hotels with up to 250 rooms upon its completion. The 120,000-square foot County …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Baltimore County Executive said the Metro Centre at Owings Mills will be the new center of community life in town.
When the first building in the Metro Centre at Owings Mills opens, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will be there to celebrate the milestone. On Thursday, March 28, Kamenetz will lead the opening celebration for the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, which is opening in the $30 million County Campus building at the Metro Centre, according to a press release. The 54,333-square foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use—58 for adults and 12 for teens and children—according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th branch, and opens to the public on March 21. "This will be the first of many celebrations for this new center of community life in Owings Mills. …
Monday, March 11, 2013
It will be the Baltimore County Public Library’s 19th and largest branch.
The Owings Mills Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will open its doors to the public on Thursday, March 21. The 54,333-square-foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use – 58 for adults and 12 for teens and children – according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch. The library is part of transit-oriented development The Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a project that will boast 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, and hotels with up to 250 rooms upon its completion. The 120,000-square-foot building housing the library will also be home to 27 classrooms for the Community College of …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Owings Mills will be home to the Baltimore County Public Library’s largest branch come spring.
As construction continues on the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, the town is getting closer to having the county’s largest public library. The Owings Mills Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, expected to open in spring 2013, will boast a 142,000-item collection, 58 public access computers and many more amenities. “We’re really excited about it,” said Barbara Salit-Mischel, the branch’s manager. Salit-Mischel, who was most recently the manager of the Randallstown branch and was the manager of the Reisterstown branch before that, presented a brief overview of the library at Monday night’s Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Coordinating Council meeting. The library’s 25 full-time employees have almost all been hired, and Salit-Mischel…
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Looking for the schematics of the planned CCBC Owings Mills and library? See the attached PDF.
A document is available for those wondering where the chairs and books will go in the new Owings Mills campus of the Community College of Baltimore County and library. Don Mohler, chief of staff to County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, told Patch last week that the bidding process for a new developer is in "the home stretch." It could be done in a few weeks, and construction could begin as early as this fall, he said. It's been a decades-old project in the making. Here's a buzz-builder: a sneak peek at what's to come. The document contains schematics of all six floors of the proposed building, from the computer, allied health and corporate training classrooms to the book shelves and café. See or download the PDF in our Scribd-powered viewer …
Sunday, March 6, 2011
The top headlines from last week. Click the headline to read the story.
Police & fire Five Things I Learned At My First Academy Class Owings Mills Editor Diana Soliwon was accepted to Baltimore County’s 30th Citizens Police Academy, an annual 16-week program designed to give residents a first-hand look at what police work is all about, and will be blogging about her experience after each week's class. The first class covered the rule book. Police Blotter: Reports Show Clusters of First-Degree, Second-Degree Burglaries; PNC Bank Robbers' Descriptions Released The descriptions of the pair behind the robbery at PNC Bank in Giant on Valentine's Day were released, and a map of incidents showed several burglaries happening within a close proximity of each other. News Wondering What the Latest is in Metro Center …
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4:27 pm on Monday, March 25, 2013
As much as I like the libraries, I use them all the time, but what about more schools. Our county is not serious about overcrowding. Are the children of Baltimore County prioritized? Someone in the county please build more schools! more ›