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The Nueces County Keach Family Library is affiliated with the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds. The hope, according to Nueces County Commissioner Oscar Ortiz, a Robstown native and current Commissioner of Precinct 3 in Nueces County, is that the projects will spur development along U.S. Highway 77, and jobs for Robstown’s citizens. The building is located in the center of Nueces County at 1000 Terry Shamsie Boulevard in Robstown, Texas. The library is located at the entrance of the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds. The Nueces County Keach Family Library has another library affiliated with it which is located in Bishop. The Bishop Branch library is in conjunction with the library. The Keach Family Library was named after five generations of ForeKeach family who dedicated their lives to enhancing the community of education and service goals through their local community newspaper.〔 〕 The Keach Family Library is a new library that was moved from Main Road to U.S. Highway 77. ==Interior design== The interior design consists of Spanish tile roofing, limestone flooring, and cavernous half-barrel ceiling. There is a café with indoor seating and an outdoor seating area patio. The building also has a children’s reading space called Pop Pop’s Place, with a glass half-moon layout so the children can encircle storytellers. A flat screen T.V. is in Pop's place for movie day in the children's area. There are pictures of the Sam Keach and his grandchildren around Pop Pop's Place. Carpet is the flooring inside the library except for the entrance and hallway. By the entrance there is the front desk to check in and check out borrowed items. There is a brass statute in the entrance with a lady and child sitting on a bench near the front entrance. The Keach Family library has interesting features and events for all ages in the community. It consists of a child's area, computer workstations with high-speed internet access, wireless internet service for laptops, study rooms, public meeting rooms such as the Multipurpose room, an outdoor deck overlooking a wetland pond and the baseball stadium. The building is currently going under contract to find a coffee shop. According to librarytechnology the collection of the library consists 47055 volumes. The library circulates 13076 items per year and serves a community of 29810 residents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nueces County Keach Family Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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