New library designs will be displayed Thursday

AUSTINTOWN — A public presentation of architectural designs for the new Michael Kusalaba public library branch will be at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Austintown Public Library, 600 S. Raccoon Road.

Architect Ronald Faniro will show his designs for the $2.9 million Kusalaba branch, which will replace the now-closed, and soon-to-be-demolished, West Side library on the same Mahoning Avenue site in Youngstown.

That presentation will follow the 3:30 p.m. buildings and sites committee meeting, during which the Kusalaba project will be discussed, and the 4 p.m. meeting of trustees of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, also at the Austintown library.