Editing Richmond, Texas (section)

===Public libraries===
[[Fort Bend County Libraries]] operates the George Memorial Library, the central library and the site of the administrative offices of the library system, located along [[Farm to Market Road 762]].<ref name="GMemorial">"[http://www.fortbend.lib.tx.us/branches/gm.html George Memorial Library]." [[Fort Bend County Libraries]]. Retrieved on May 14, 2010.</ref> Richmond also has the Fort Bend County Law Library.<ref name="Lawlibrary">"[http://www.fortbend.lib.tx.us/branches/ll.html Fort Bend County Law Library]." [[Fort Bend County Libraries]]. Retrieved on May 14, 2010.</ref>

The Main Library moved from [[Rosenberg, Texas|Rosenberg]] to its current location in Richmond in 1986. The George Foundation funded the {{convert|77000|sqft|sqm}} library facility, designed by Ronald Wedemeyer Associates and built on {{convert|6|acre|ha}} of land. When the library opened, it had unfinished areas to facilitate future expansion.<ref name="GMemorial"/> In December 1989 the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, in accordance with Texas Local Government code §323.021(a), ordered the construction of a law library.<ref name="Lawlibrary"/> The main library expansion and the 1991 installation of an automation system used funds from the 1989 bond election, and expansion occurred on 1995 and 2002. The 2002 expansion included the addition of two conference rooms.<ref name="GMemorial"/>