Preliminary plans will be drawn soon for a new library on Buckwheat Road to serve Miami Township and Milford.
“It is the will of the board to move forward” with a proposed new library, said Joseph Braun, library board president. “We are very excited about the prospect of a new branch in Miami Township. We are looking forward to seeing the design concept in the next couple of months.”
The new library will be on land sitting between Mulberry Elementary and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton schools on Buckwheat Road.
To build the new facility, the library board will swap the building and land where the existing Milford-Miami Township Branch Library sits at 1099 Ohio 131 with the land on Buckwheat Road owned by Milford schools.
“The Milford schools are excited about being approached by the library for this partnership because the library will be located within safe walking distance of both Mulberry and St. Elizabeth Seton schools, and the property on (Ohio) 131 could have several potential uses to the district because of its central location and proximity to the junior high and high school building,” said Robert Farrell, Milford superintendent.
The Clermont County Public Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously April 13 to request from the auditor of state a capital fund for a new branch.
The school board voted May 21 to move forward with the land swap.