 | Books are some of our favorite things! -Mindy and Bill Kidd |
 | Three generations of our family have enjoyed the many amenities of our wonderful library. We are amazed at the strong impact it has on our ever growing community- considering its beginning 23 years ago on the second floor of a bank building on Walsh Tarlton Road! -Nancy Hargarten |
 | I moved from another area of the city where I loved my branch library. I was concerned that I wouldn't find that same kind of setting -- where the community gathers and all sorts of folks spend time researching, reading, and just generally enjoying the library's space. I was glad to find that the Westbank library's membership outreach extended as far as my new neighborhood and have spent 4 years reveling in the ease with which I can borrow CDs for a road trip or turn over favorite books to be enjoyed by others. The branch library will make that same wonderful environment available to so many more people, especially teens and children -- and it's right in my neighborhood! How lucky can I get!-Sarah Bentley |
 | |
 | What do you think they will call the new library? The West Westbank? The Double-Westbank Library? The Wild Westbank Library? Oh well, we just can't wait until 2008!-Jill & David Respass |
 | My criteria for a book is that it has to have a map. - Tristan Farias |
 | Prettiest site in Austin. The Library will honor it with a focus on ecology and an invitation to the entire community an invitation to the library to open this gorgoeus area to the community. |
 | The Deed is signed by Library Board President Jim Bannerot; thank you Scott Thornton and Texas Research International! |
 | The Westbank Library holds a very special place in my heart. I am so excited that we can offer the gift of a branch to our growing community.-Lyle Thormann |
 | Our whole family, especially our 3 daughters, Shampurna, Aishika, and Aihika, aged 6, 4, and 4 enjoy the books and dvds/videos from the library and love to visit the library. The new library is much closer to our home and will allow us to make better use of the library facilities. The proposed architecture promises an awesome environment to just relax and read there as well. Thank you for the new branch library and please let us know how to help you succeed in making it happen as planned!-Joydeep Mitra</i></font> |
 | One of the founders and the first fundraising chair for the Library -Emmy McDaniel |
 | Jeff Musgrove and Milton Hime see the future. They're gazing out across the Laura Bush Community Library site towards the community it will serve. |
 | Our family loves going to the library. It is perfect for all our armchair travels!-The Richardson\Savage Family |
 | The Westbank Library is the warm and comfortable heart of our community. We love it and feel very fortunate to be a part of it.-The Turners |
 | You can talk all day about how wonderful this library is! We feel like we're pretty much a part of the library, we've been here since its inception. The library is a part of the community and part of us as well. -Edie and John Musgrove |
 | The Westbank Library is an oasis in the busy life of Westlake.-Karen Sherriff |
 | We may not agree on the books we read but one thing we do have in common is that we love the Wesbank LIbrary -The Kidd Family |
 | Westbank Library is always a fun place to be, for all the right reasons.-The Monnins |
 | So many choices! I prefer the book version, so I can look up the nautical words and Russell Crow doesn't float my boat.-Jim Bannerot |
 | I saw this library grow from just a twinkle in Doris and Eleanor's eye.-Toody Byrd |
 | Westbank Library is among our favorite places to visit as a family. A quick trip to the library often turns into an afternoon outing. There is something for everyone there!-Carol Maxwell and Family |
 | Westbank Library is - a truly community asset with helpful staff,and quality resources. The water fountain, bonze statue, children friendly backyard add so much character to the library. Thanks, and please continue the good work ! -The Meyers |
 | Paul Carrozza and Mark Palmer scout out thirty acres as they begin planning for natural walking trails through one of the most beautiful parts of the hill country.. |
 | I'm moving to Santa Fe and I'll miss Westbank Library almost as much as I'll miss my friends. I visit the library once or twice a week, and always have half a dozen interesting books on my bedside table and a couple of books-on-tape in my car. What I didn't say was that the library is so be autiful and comfortable (and clean) that I always find it to be calming and nurturing--a little oasis when I need to escape Austin traffic. -Jillian Bra sch |
 | How exciting to be part of a library that continually evolves to meet the needs of our growing community.-Beth Fox |
 | One never forgets their favorite first books -Samantha and Taylor Kidd |
 | I just love this library! -Marjorie Loehlin |
 | The librarians are helpful and friendly and do a great job providing books and movies for my children and me. For a library of its size, I am constantly surprised that I am almost always able to find the book that I am looking for. Keep up the good work!-Laura Babineau |
 | Dr. Jonathan Decherd and his granddaughters enjoy a moment with books and each other. Jonathan and I are very excited about the opening of the Laura Bush Library! Our Westlake community has so many more who will be able to appreciate all the fine thought in acquiring the broad collection available to the public. We aprreciate the audio books since we are at the time of our life when we have the opportunity to travel. And when our family comes to Grandparents' Camp, guess where we like to take them! What a marvelous effort to support a place named for a fine Texas lady. Holly Decherd |
 | We remember when the Westbank community and library were small. Both have grown, the library is about to again, happily both retain that small community charm.-Joe and Peggy Annis |
 | "And then what happened, Grandma?" -Ethel Kunze and grandchildren |
 | From the first time Mrs. Potts showed me the wonders of the Carnegie Public Library in Bradford, Pa., I have had a life long love affair with the library. I feel fortunate that I can share that same wonder and love with my grandchildren at the Westbank Library. Thanks to Beth, the staff, and all the volunteers, they are not intimidated and have learned that the library is a great place to spend time. I was thrilled to be able to receive my very special library card, and I am looking forward to the new library-Pam Wood |
 | Why does anyone think computers will see the demise of libraries?-Mardi Wheeler |
 | Since we moved in this community last December, trips to the library have been a favorite part of my family's routine. It is a great pleasure that my daughter's tile will be mounted to the children's section of new branch and be kept forever. We all will wait for it's opening. -The Kim Family |
 | Of course there is no such thing as too many books or too many libraries! - The Kidds |
 | Andrea and David Depwe and their adorable children MacKenzie and Andrew have honored their parents, long-time library supporters Dorothy and Stanley Depwe, with a memorial contribution to the Westbank Library. Dorothy and Stanley co-founded the family business, idyllic Westlake Beach, more than 50 years ago. We appreciate their commitment to us and the Westbank community. Go Westlake Beach!-The Depwe Family |
 | We grew up with you....Early on we committed to the growth and success of the Westbank Community Library by opting for our square foot - a paver engraved with the words above. Years before, our toddlers often begged to climb the winding staircase to the library located in the Chase Bank Building. Then we transitioned to research assignments, study sessions, and best seller reading at the current location. Still readers and and now empty nesters, I guess you could say, "We are growing 'older' with you." Thanks to the Westbank Community Library for all that you are! -Christine and Gordon Gorychka |
![[The Westbank Library donates books to Pickle Elementary's Book Drive Days...] It has been one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences I've been involved with. At our last drive, we had one child that was hugging and kissing his book while walking back to his classroom. We also had another teacher tell us that she had been to one of her student's homes, and the only book they had in their home was one we gave them last year. It really makes me stop and reflect on what we take for granted. -Brooks Schuelke](/auxiliary/photos/auto_pics/4900.%20PickleElementary_final.jpg "[The Westbank Library donates books to Pickle Elementary's Book Drive Days...] It has been one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences I've been involved with. At our last drive, we had one child that was hugging and kissing his book while walking back to his classroom. We also had another teacher tell us that she had been to one of her student's homes, and the only book they had in their home was one we gave them last year. It really makes me stop and reflect on what we take for granted. -Brooks Schuelke") | [The Westbank Library donates books to Pickle Elementary's Book Drive Days...] It has been one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences I've been involved with. At our last drive, we had one child that was hugging and kissing his book while walking back to his classroom. We also had another teacher tell us that she had been to one of her student's homes, and the only book they had in their home was one we gave them last year. It really makes me stop and reflect on what we take for granted. -Brooks Schuelke |
 | Reading is an important part of our family's life. We welcome the opportunity to participate in the funding of the new library.-Provencal Home |
 | The Westbank Community Library is very dear to our family. We spend time there on a daily basis! Living in Lakeway, yet working and going to school in Westlake, it offers us a great place to meet one another, catch up on homework or pleasure reading, and make new discoveries. We are glad to be in a position to help make another branch of this wonderful library possible, and we look forward to spending many hours within its walls, as well!-The Vanderwilt Family |
 | Share the Dream. Our invitation to the community to come have a look at the prettiest library site in Austin. |
 | X marks the spot. Library Director Beth Fox, architect Ethan Glass and a whole committee check out the new library site. |
 | We Booksellers at Barnes & Noble Westlake LOVE being partners with the Westbank Community Library. The librarians and staff there do so much to encourage and enable reading, and at the same time they build a deep and vital sense of community. - Barnes & Noble at Bee Cave and Loop 360 |
 | The Library is important to me because reading is cool and fun. You can learn lifelong things to help you and facts that are useful. You can learn many things from books! - David Tulkoff |
 | Fundraiser #5378xbz for the new branch library. Susan Bushart's handmade dolls dance in the sunshine to raise money for the Library's dream branch. |
 | My family has been coming to the Westbank library for 12 years and we've seen all of the wonderful growth & changes the library has experienced. The new branch opening is exciting in so many ways...having a community gathering /student study spot on the "west" side of Westlake is long overdue and we foresee a very successful future. Hurry up and build it!-The Schaubhuts |
 | Our car comes here automatically. It's like we have an autopilot set for the Library.-Kathy Tullos |
 | The most pleasant library I've ever been in. It's well arranged and is full of efficient, pleasant people.-J.D. Williams |
 | When my grandchildren come to town they always REQUEST a trip to the Westbank Library! That means this library appeals to each of them-at different ages-in a special way. They bring home a great variety of reading, and I always pick up something too.-Ardyce Walser |
 | My boys grew up walking to the library- it has always been very special to us! Congratulations- Doug, Tish, Wes & Zach Bender |
 | We are a family of avid readers, down to the youngest! We hope that our gift will help you extend the wonderful pleasure of reading to other families in the community.-Suzanne Napier |
 | I love the Westbank Library because I got help on my Boy Scout Merit Badge project (on the New Branch Library) from the "big cheese" and Library Director, Beth Fox!-Zach Hyland, 14, Boy Scout Troop 4 |
 | I have been a regular at the Westbank library ever since I quit my full-time job to stay home with my first child. (This is baby number three!) My family lives west of Loop 360. I will be so glad to have a nearby library with a great view where we can go to browse books, and meet our friends in the heart of the community meeting room. I envision the new library branch as a real asset for our neighborhood.-Laura Goodell |
 | Who dreamed 23 years ago that the Westbank Community Library would still be so much fun?-Sue Cline |
 | When we moved to Austin in 1993, we asked our real estate agent to show us houses near a library. My first "adventure" with a library started when I was seven and could have my own library card. Reading has been my very favorite thing to do ever since. The Westbank Community Library is such a gift and just happens to be the best library in my experience, and I have used many all over the continental U. S. and at overeseas duty stations with the U. S. Navy. These are our grandsons who are also starting to love to read. With the new branch library on Cuernavaca many more patrons can enjoy and fall in love with a new "adventure."-Bobby and Carolyn Farrar |
 | It makes me smile to remember this library's beginning with a few donated books. Now this community has developed a place that gives hours of pleasure to young and old through the books, videos, DVDs, programs, computers, and meetings. Never did we dream that we would be so successful as to need a branch-which will give even more pleasure to more people. -Flo Macklin |
 | How exciting to be part of a library that continually evolves to meet the needs of our growing community.-Beth Fox |
Here's what's just come back to the library!
©2010 Westbank Community Library
