Maple Valley Library may not seem like it's in a city. Decaying logs, twigs, and small snags litter the ground, tall trees filter the sunlight, and a thick cushion of forest floor duff absorbs sound. But the project is at the very center of a plan to turn a small community into a mature and livable "edge city." With the library project, the new city of Maple Valley, just outside Seattle, has begun to do the impossible: mix urban devel- opment with a healthy, intact Pacific Northwest forest ecosystem.
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