New Larger Foley Library on Track to Open in August
By Isabella Gomez
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
April 29, 2026
FOLEY, Ala. A new Foley Public Library is currently under construction and closing in on the finish line, which is exciting for the city’s residents.
The new multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art library facility on East Orange Avenue, just down the road from the current library, has many local residents very excited about this addition to their community.
“We will double in size,” the city’s librarian, Kate Norris, said. “We’re going to be much larger, and we’re excited about that because we are busy.”
As the City of Foley continues to grow, so must the amenities and services that we offer.
Once the new library is ready to move into, they’ll begin the move to their new home, moving more than 60,000 books, furniture and boxes and boxes of contents from the old library.
Library staff are estimating that it’ll take about three weeks in all to move and get everything situated and ready for opening but the staff said that they are ready and very excited about the move.
Construction of the new library is expected to be wrapped up in June. Library staff said they are hoping to hold a grand opening for the new facility near the start of the upcoming school year in August.
There’s a lot of work to be done between now and then, but it’ll all be worth it, they said.
In the new library, adult books will be featured on the second floor. Youth content will be downstairs, separated into children’s, teens and tweens sections.
The new library will also offer more hands-on learning and even assistance with being more proficient with a computer.
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