"We should show our respect for the past by....doing a better job of taking care of what we have. We don't just start over from scratch... throwing away everything from our past. Instead, we renew. We revitalize. We transform." Santa Cruz Mayor David Terrazas 12/20/17
"We're recycling Coke cans; we're recycling beer bottles. Why are we tearing viable buildings down in the name of progress? The greenest building is one that is already built." Sierra Magazine, December 16, 2021
Our Purpose - Keep the library at the Civic Center
Don't Bury the Library! speaks for residents opposed to the relocation of the Downtown Library Branch into a new 5 - 6 story parking garage on Lot 4, bordered by Lincoln, Cedar and Cathcart Streets, where the Farmers Market currently meets. We want to maintain the Downtown Library in its present location as an integral part of the Civic Center.
In the spirit of voter approved Measure S, Don't Bury the Library! supports the only option for the downtown library that is within its original $27 million budget: Keep the Downtown Library Branch in its current location -- remodeled, renovated, revitalized, and renewed. The DBTL web site is a repository for all we are able to glean regarding a Downtown Library building project. In other words, this website is, appropriately, an organized and user-friendly library of information.
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News & Events
May 3, 2025 - Kessler commentary on the library "festival." Click HERE.
October 21, 2023 - Kessler commentary on the status of the library project.
Click HERE. September 22, 2020 - City Council voted to postpone approval of the the Owner's Representative contract. Click HERE for the story.
August 18, 2020 - KSQD Talk of the Bay Interview with John Hall and Jean Brocklebank. Clear HERE to listen to the interview.
June 23, 2020 - City Council voted for the Mixed Use project. Click HERE for the story.
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Jayson Architecture's Proposal for a remodeled (rebuilt),
renovated, and revitalized Downtown Library building.
Click HERE for Jayson Architecture's Final Plans (November 22, 2019)
We Rallied for the Library!
On June 18, 2020 over 60 supporters rallied in support of remodeling, renovating and rebuilding the Santa Cruz Downtown Branch Library in it's present location in the downtown Civic Center.
Click HERE for more pictures.
What's Happened?!
The Done Deal is Done.
The City Council met on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 and voted 4 - 2 to move forward with the Mixed Use project (aka Library-in-a-Parking-Garage).
The City Council met again October 27, 2020 and heard staff reports on funding this huge, complicated project. They voted 4 - 2 to approve the contract for an Owner's Representative to move the project forward.
But ... it isn't over until it's over.
The City Council met on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 and voted 4 - 2 to move forward with the Mixed Use project (aka Library-in-a-Parking-Garage).
The City Council met again October 27, 2020 and heard staff reports on funding this huge, complicated project. They voted 4 - 2 to approve the contract for an Owner's Representative to move the project forward.
But ... it isn't over until it's over.
