Who We Are

Group3 Planners was established in 2005 to respond more fully to public library needs for bundled and project-specific services. G3P assembles a team of professionals each with a specialized skill to achieve each library’s specific goal.

G3P planning focuses on space needs and facility optimization….driven by a library’s changes in services, focus or response to a changing patronage. Implementation services such as space planning, shelving planning, interior design, specification, purchasing, installation and move planning are available. Planning is the beginning…

Sharon Rowlen CFM Sharon Rowlen has been planning corporate, county, municipal and library projects for over thirty years. With a degree in Architecture, she has focused her career in the planning and design of interior processes, workstations and spaces. Her commercial design and planning experience with well-known International firms, her facility planning and management for a Fortune 100 company and her consulting practice in planning and design allow her to bring insight and fresh perspectives resulting in reality- based solutions to clients’ planning initiatives.	Mary Gulash NCIDQ, LEEDAP Mary Gulash, a degreed interior designer and champion of sustainability, is the consummate designer…she listens to her clients’ ideas and works with them to create color and furniture palettes that reflect them. She has designed interiors and specified furniture for corporations, hospitality, retail and now is focusing her skills on the current energizing of libraries. Her understanding of retailing and breadth of knowledge of the design industry have enabled her to create unique and appealing library interiors that function in a world of public use. Her custom designs for displays and service points are in demand in libraries throughout the country.	Beth Hager MLS Beth Hager is a practicing librarian and has been since receiving her M. ED in Library Media. Her wide range of experience in libraries includes experience as a school library media specialist; a public library director; an associate director for public library services; a community relations manager; and a consultant to public, school, special and academic libraries in a regional library service system. Beth lends her considerable expertise to Needs Assessments, Collection Analyses and Process Studies. Her unique perspective is also valued in the development of a library’s design.
303-456-4824 srowlen@group3planners.com	303-838-2352 mgulash@group3planners.com	970-301-1379 bhager@group3planners.com