County, Snellville to partner on Library-City Market
Snellville has approved its part an intergovernmental agreement with Gwinnett to create a city market and new public library on Wisteria Drive.
The city market will house local merchants and restaurants. A state-of-the-art library is planned for the first floor in the three-story building which will open onto Wisteria Drive with the city market above.
Approximately one-third of the jointly owned and operated facility will occupied by the county as the Snellville Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library System and the remaining two-thirds to be used by the city as a public market, restaurants, retail shops and other public, civic or educational facilities.
Both parties will jointly contract for the design of the library/market with Snellville funding two-thirds of the design cost and Gwinnett providing funding for the remaining third. Costs associated with the facility and a construction timeline will be byproducts of the design process. A 128-space parking structure will be jointly owned and operated. Property for the proposed project is currently owned by the city.
