MURRIETA – The Murrieta Public Library announced that it was awarded more than $1.5 million from the Building Forward Grant Program offered by the California State Library. This grant will fund a remodel and construct an expansion to the Children’s Library area at the Murrieta Public Library. The expansion will extend outwards into the 15,000 available square feet from the current garden area – extending library capacity by almost 20%.“When the Storytime room is constructed, the Children’s Library will also be remodeled and expanded. This expansion will widen the area and alleviate much of the library's current space limitations and programming restrictions,” Melvin Racelis, manager of the Murrieta Public Library, said.The population of Murrieta, and Riverside County, i
