Champlin Library

[6] The new facility, known as the Champlin Reading Center, measured 1,600 square feet when it opened in and held about 8,000 books in addition to reference materials, music, films and periodicals.

[8] The 87% growth of Champlin's population from 1980 to 1990,[9] and the need to realign Highway 169 shaped the decision to move to the Ensign Avenue location.

Mellissa Sibley, librarian at Champlin from 1986 to 1996, convened a citizens’ art committee to select additions for the new library.

Suspended from the atrium is his “Herons in the Library,” a trio of vibrant-hued birds flying through the air toward the children's area.

[13] “Teen Wall Collage” by Christopher Bailey Foote, was installed on September 11, 2004, marking the 10th anniversary of the current library.