Oak Lodge Library

The new, 15,300-square-foot library will include study rooms, a community meeting room, a history/conference room, children's and teen areas, space for Friends of the Oak Grove Library, a seed library, computer workstations and much more. Construction of the new Oak Lodge Library is one of the final steps to providing two new library buildings to serve all the residents of Oak Grove, Jennings Lodge and Gladstone.

The new Oak Lodge Library will be on property owned by North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District (NCPRD) at 3811 SE Concord Road, next to the historic Concord School building. The library building has been designed and construction is beginning in January 2024. NCPRD is planning to convert the adjacent school building into a community center and build a new park on the property.

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Timeline

May 2023	Design for the library, park, hardscape and parking area completed and reviewed by county Design Review Committee Conditional use application for Library and Community Center approved by county Planning Division
July 2023	Board of Commissioners approved guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for Oak Lodge Library.
Aug. 2023	Art Committee reviewed request for proposals to incorporate art inside and outside the library. Developing guaranteed maximum price for North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District components of the project. In response to review, design updates for utilities, parking and Concord Road improvements
Sept. 2023	Submitting for a grading permit and an erosion control permit, which will allow mass excavation and underground utility work to start as soon as possible. Construction begins Art Committee to finalize art site and overall themes for art request for proposal
Oct. 2023	Design in progress for Community Center, including new accessible entry, heating/cooling upgrades and new elevator (estimated) Design in progress for playground (estimated) Send out call for art proposals.

Concord Property and Library Planning Task Force

The Concord Property and Library Planning Task Force was formed to assist and advise the Board of County Commissioners on priorities, best practices and the creation of a master plan for the new Oak Lodge Library.