Epps Memorial Library Construction

The estimated $2.4 million project includes a 7,043-square-foot facility with an expansive area for books and media, reading areas, study rooms, conference space, a large meeting space for community programs, and workspaces for employees.

As the administrator of parish public property, the Police Jury is required to provide space for the Calcasieu Parish Public Library.

The original facility, sustained heavy damage in the 2020 hurricanes and it was determined that the cost of repairing it was more than the cost of building a new facility. The new library will also have an expanded parking area.

The branch was named after Rochelle Rigmaiden Epps, a member of the Consolidated Parish Library Board who was a key figure in the efforts to build the new library that opened in 1976.

Project contractor is K & J Development of SWLA, LLC. Architect is David Brossett of Brossett Architect LLC.

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"Public libraries, like Epps Library, are a vital and necessary hub. Within a community, it not only provides an information resource, it’s often that community’s social source for cultural health and helps fill the gap in most underserved areas. Epps Library is a vital resource to the North Lake Charles community. The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has been working diligently to restore this resource permanently back in its previous location."