Library Café Vendor Sought

LEASE AVAILABLE FOR THE CAFÉ AT THE CORNELIUS PUBLIC LIBRARY

The City of Cornelius seeks an organization to lease space in order to sell light food and beverages to the public from inside the Cornelius Public Library Café. 

The Cornelius Public Library is located at 1370 North Adair Street, Cornelius, Oregon 97113. The Library serves community members of all ages with free educational, cultural, and recreational programs. This newer three-story building was completed in March 2019 and has the library on the first floor and 45 affordable senior apartments on the second and third floors. 

The Library is 13,781 square feet with over 40,000 books, kits, movies, and more items for borrowing. The library also has busy community spaces, including a 100-person meeting room, a 10-person board room, four study rooms, a children’s learning center, a teen room, business center, and large outdoor plaza. The Cornelius Farmers Market is held in the adjacent alley every Friday from June through September. Since July 2021, in-person visits to the library averaged 5,700 per month. 

The Café lease space is approximately 130 square feet. Coffee, tea, and drinks of all kinds, packaged foods, sandwiches, and fresh fruit and vegetables are welcome. Baked goods are welcome but must be prepared off-site. Food should be appropriate for a library / computer lab environment. The library is open seven days per week from 10am-6pm Saturday though Tuesday and 10am-8pm Wednesday through Friday. The café is encouraged to open at 8am for at least five days per week. 

Proposals are due in hardcopy on September 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM to City Hall at 1355 North Barlow St, Cornelius, OR 97113. For details about the lease and submission requirements, please contact Karen Hill, Library Director at karenh@wccls.org or 503-992-5381.
 

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