06/22/2024
Why is Cullman filled with bad drivers? Recent efforts have been put into place to try and answer that question. The result: reading, or lack of it.
Recently, members of Cullman Help Area Drivers (CHAD), the committee that was commissioned to improve driving in Cullman met to discuss their findings. In short, the answer was literacy. The committee found that many Cullman drivers lack the basic ability to read.
The committee didn't just reveal their results, they also identified a solution: Renovate and Expand the Cullman County Library.
The Cullman Library board met in support of the CHAD Committee and quickly took action to begin the solution. Officials from both Cullman City and Cullman County have taken the first steps to revitalize the Cullman County Public Library.
No exact details for the project are available at this time, but Thornton said it would be completed in several phases, the first of which is likely to involve updating the interior of the current building and expanding it into the small parking lot on its eastern side. She said there have also been discussions about the possibility of adding a second floor to the building during one of the later phases.
"If there are drivers out on our Cullman roads that can't drive, it is imperative that we act." Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs
Williams Blackstock has already provided design services to a number of public libraries across the state including the Trussville Library, the Pell City Library and the Foley County Library remodel. Several of the firms designs are also featured in well-known Alabama facilities such as University Hall at the University of Alabama, the Iron City music venue in downtown Birmingham, Red Diamond corporate headquarters and Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham’s Lee Building.
Thornton said the firm has offered to provide the feasibility study, estimated to cost roughly $18,000, at no cost.
