It’s a wrap! Our building plans were officially submitted in November, and we anticipate approval on both the roof solar panels (a separate project not in the bond, but covered by a 50% match in a NYS Public Library Construction Grant, and the balance from capital funds) and the building renovation and expansion sometime in late January, early February. The attached rendering shows what the new façade of the building will look like – with the final placement and size of building signage still to come.
What you will start to notice within the building is books that are not circulating often, being moved into storage to make way for work to begin in the late spring. There is a lot of behind the scenes organizing and cleaning out of non-public spaces that needs to occur before construction begins! The Library will be phasing in construction work to concentrated zones, so that parts of the building remain accessible throughout the project to the public. Updates on what this will look like will be coming shortly, once we finalize where the first landing point for public and staff within the building will be for that first phase of construction.