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Palo Verde Library is located on 51st Avenue just north of Indian School Road. Please see the Valley Metro website for public transportation routes serving the library. Size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Opened: January 2006 Total Staff: 14.5 FTE
Total Items in Collection: 63,627
Total # of Public PCs with Internet: 36

Sharing the Maryvale Community Complex with the Maryvale Community Center and Maryvale Pool, Palo Verde Library is helping west Phoenix residents engage in a "mind/body dialogue."  The Library includes Teen Zone - a special "teen only" area, computer training lab, children's storyroom and First Five Years/Los Primeros Cinco Años interactive learning space for families with young children.  WiFi and Internet-accessible public computers are also available.  The Library's collection of newspapers and magazines, books, DVDs and CDs is designed to meet community members' educational and recreational needs.  Finally, an auditorium, shared with the Community Center, provides space for community meetings as well as library programs. 

• 2009 Honor Award, AIA/ALA National
• 2007 Honor Award, AIA National
• 2006 Merit Award, AIA Western Mountain Region
• 2006 WESTMARC Best of the West Award for Architectural Innovation
• 2006 Pride Award, IIDA International Interior Design Association - Southwest Chaper, Award of Merit (Public Facility)
• Named one of 10 New Landmark Libraries by Library Journal in 2011

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Gould Evans + Wendell Burnette Architects