One of the city's busiest libraries reopens to a community in northwest Omaha.

It was a packed house Saturday morning for the first chance to see the new Milton R Abrahams Library, which has been closed since August 1st. The branch hadn't been updated since it opened in 1988, and is located just south of 90th & Fort Street. The $1.2 million project renovated almost everything you can see and added new computers, electrical outlets, a teen room, and study rooms.

"Just even from an aesthetic standpoint it desperately needed updating with a cosmetic overhaul. But also just the use of computers, when this library opened in 1988 no one could predict the dependence that people would have on libraries for technology access," said Gary Wasdin, the Executive Director of Omaha Public Library.

Trena Thompson and her 5-year-old son Zayne made the trip to the library once a week before it was closed. She says, even at a young age, Zayne is has a big career already lined up and the library helps keep him interested.

"We're here a lot to check out a lot of farm books, and we also like to check out tractor books and stuff,” Zayne explained. "It's so fun to learn about stuff so when I grow up I can do stuff at the farm."

The Thompson's are just two of the estimated 4-5,000 people that come through Abrahams Library in a given day. It's the 2nd busiest branch and 2nd highest in circulation.

"It's a big benefit to everybody in the community,” Trena Thompson described. "The lighting is amazing, the acoustics are different, the flooring is all changed and they rearranged things and it looks great. The seating, you love the new chairs, so it's been really a nice change, really welcome."

"So the people here, this is their library and they can see themselves reflected in the services, the collections, the programs," Wasdin added.

The $1.2 million project was funded by the City of Omaha's Capitol Improvement Program.