City Council District 3 serves southeast Wichita, and for many years, there has not been a public library serving this part of the City. Simultaneously, the Library Board and City Council adopted a Branch Master Plan to reshape how branch libraries connect with and serve the community. The Walters Branch is the relocation of a small neighborhood library and is positioned to better address the digital divide and provide essential workforce development programming to the surrounding community.

Several years ago, the library engaged residents and other agencies (Civic Technologies and Wichita State University's Public Policy and Management Center, for example) to create the Branch Master Plan, a comprehensive study of the branch library system and what was needed to better serve the community. It was determined that a larger, higher-functioning library was needed in the southeast quadrant of the city. The new location needed to be easily accessible by public transportation.

Each month sees an increase in circulation numbers. The Walters Branch is now located on a busier thoroughfare accessible by two public transit routes, is near a large municipal park for outdoor programming, and close to several agencies the library plans to partner with. A larger meeting room has addressed resident comments regarding the insufficient space at the former branch. This will allow for the addition of programs, meetings and partnership use to engage the community in in different opportunities.