Lodi City Council discusses finishing library's renovations, making it more tech-savvy

Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:00 am | Updated: 12:39 pm, Wed Jul 28, 2010.

Her message is clear: No more mustard yellow carpet. During the past four years, Library Services Director Nancy Martinez has hoped that the 31-year-old carpet in the Lodi Public Library would disintegrate while it was being cleaned.

After completing $1.8 million in renovations last August, staff is already looking toward finishing the rest of the library, which is mainly the adult area, and finally replacing all of the mustard carpet.

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