NJ.com - Tue April 23, 2024
$22M Library Coming to Maplewood, N.J., Later This Fall
Book readers in Maplewood, N.J., will soon have a sleek new library that blends the world of books inside with nature just outside its massive glass walls. The township's new Maplewood Memorial Library is slated to open this fall after two years of construction, library officials said recently....
City of Hartford - Mon January 08, 2024
Hartford, Conn., Plans to Begin Construction On New Barbour Street Library This Spring
A new branch of the Hartford Public Library (HPL) in Connecticut will begin construction later this spring, city officials announced in a December news release. Mayor Luke Bronin, HPL President and CEO Bridget Quinn, and city and community leaders will all come together at a date still to be determined to break ground on a new Barbour Street Library Branch, which has an anticipated development cost of $17.5 million....
AL.com - Wed December 27, 2023
Construction on Foley, Ala.'s New $20M Public Library to Begin in 2024
"Iconic" and "flexible" are two words that describe the new Foley (Ala.) Public Library, according to David Thompson, the facility's executive director of leisure services. "We want an iconic building that, when people drive by, they see it, and they want to go there, and it becomes a gathering place, a community place," Thompson said in a news release announcing the construction of the new library in early 2024....
Coastal Point - Thu September 28, 2023
With Demolition Complete, Work Set to Begin On $16M Library in Selbyville, Del.
Now that the demolition of a home on McCabe Street has been completed in the coastal community of Selbyville, Del, construction can begin soon on the town's new and expanded $16 million public library....
The Daily Tar Heel - Tue March 07, 2023
VIDEO: Construction on Carrboro, N.C.'s 203 Project Heading Toward Mid-2024 Finish
The 203 Project in downtown Carrboro, N.C., is set to be completed and open in June 2024, Susan Romaine, the town's mayor pro tem, told the Daily Tar Heel, based in nearby Chapel Hill. The 49,550-sq.-ft....
Greenfield Recorder - Tue January 31, 2023
Rough Timeline Set for Renovation of Tilton Library in South Deerfield, Mass.
In its first virtual meeting since it was formed, the Tilton Library Building Committee in South Deerfield, Mass., along with the project architect, laid out an estimated timeline for the $12.3 million expansion and renovation project's design and construction, with a projected move-in date of spring 2025....
University of Arkansas - Tue November 15, 2022
Mullins Library at University of Arkansas to Undergo Major Renovation in January
The second of two phases of work to renovate the David W. Mullins Library on the campus of the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville will begin in January, the school announced Nov. 14. Built in 1968, Mullins Library is the main library facility at UA, where most of the University Libraries' central offices, study space and collections are located and available for public use....
Amherst Bulletin - Wed October 12, 2022
Amherst, Mass., Asks State for ARPA Funds to Upgrade Jones Library
Calling on the state of Massachusetts to once again be a "library champion," the Amherst Town Council is appealing for more money to help fund its "once-in-a-generation" Jones Library expansion and renovation project....
Gloucester Daily Times - Thu May 12, 2022
Massachusetts Library Plans $28M Expansion to Bring It Into 21st Century
The Sawyer Free Library in Gloucester, Mass., is going ahead with its plan to construct a 15,000-sq.-ft. addition on its School Street side. The effort is estimated to cost $28 million but is designed to update the old city's library into a modern, more inviting space....
