The new Laura Bush Community Library planned in the Eanes Independent School District will have furnishings and technology to equip a large meeting room thanks in part to a $25,000 community grant from LCRA to the Westbank Community Library District.

The grant was presented during a story hour for youngsters Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the library district’s Westbank Community Library. Timothy Timmerman and Scott Spears, LCRA Board directors both representing Travis County, attended the event. Beth Wheeler Fox, library director, and Lisa Charbonnet, the new facility’s branch manager, accepted the grant on behalf of the library district.

Groundbreaking for the $6.1 million library is scheduled in late August on the southeast corner of Bee Cave Road and Cuernavaca Drive. It is expected to open in early 2009. The facility will serve the growing population of western Travis County.

The grant will be used to purchase furnishings and technology for a 2,500-square-foot community meeting room. The library district anticipates a great demand for use of the meeting room.

The library’s LCRA grant is one of a number of grants awarded through LCRA’s Community Development Partnership Program. The program provides economic development and community assistance grants to cities, counties, volunteer fire departments, regional development councils and other nonprofit organizations in LCRA’s electric and water service areas as part of LCRA’s effort to give back to the communities it serves.