What’s happening right now?
The noise level from the construction is fairly high at times throughout the day.
April 21st – A delicate operation to place the new HVAC and frame on the roof. The wind and the distance to the roof location were big challenges! (More photos in the gallery at the bottom of this page.)
What’s closed or changed
Closures
- Kansas Room: This room is being used as reference and interlibrary loan workspace. It will remain closed for the duration of the remodel.
- Meeting room 1: This room is being used as IT and maintenance staff’s workspace, supply storage, and staff breakroom. It will remain closed for the duration of the remodel.
Changes
- Kansas Room materials are now available by request at the Reference Desk.
- Makerspace: a temporary, smaller Makerspace is set up in meeting room 2 for the duration of the remodel.
- Meeting room 2 will be unavailable for reservations since it’s the location of the temporary Makerspace.
How you can participate
- Visit our new temporary Makerspace. Please be patient with the smaller space and limited services while we wait excitedly for our new and improved space!
What to expect in April
- Construction fencing and noise: Be prepared to see and hear a lot of construction activity at the library this month! While we and the construction team will work hard to not disrupt your time at the library, there will be inevitable noise and inconveniences.
- Parking and entrance access:
- Both entrances remain open.
- From the North and West parking lots, access to the Main Street entrance is by sidewalk around the construction fence. DO NOT enter the fenced area to try to get to the Main Street doors.
- Parking along Main Street will remain open.
- The west parking lot is open, enter the Library through the Youth entrance.
- Book and media donations: If you have books or media to donate, you will still be able to access the donation door, next to the garage doors. Please be careful and remain a safe distance from construction equipment that may need to cross the area.
Looking forward to exciting new spaces
The Library’s basement remodel project has started and is expected to continue at least through late September 2026. This remodel will expand the Makerspace and diversify the services they can offer. In the future, you can expect larger-scale CNC milling, laser cutting, a paint booth, and many other improvements to the Makerspace! The remodel will also update staff office areas to fit current workflows much better.
Construction progress photo gallery
April 22nd – Hard hat tour for board members, volunteers and staff to see the progress of the project. This photo shows the opening in the basement for the emergency exit on the left and the IT office on the right.
April 22nd – The emergency exit block walls going up.
April 22nd – The Makerspace public entrance is roughed in. This is a view from the elevator to compare to the March 12th picture below.
April 13th – Makerspace walls are going up. This is a view of the office and storage area with the airbrush room in the very back and main work area to the left.
April 13th – Makerspace main work area from the new entrance. CNC and hot tools work rooms through the doors at the far end.
April 13th – Emergency stair looking into the new stairwell from the basement.
April 10th – What happened to the hole? Where did the dirt pile go? All the dirt back in place and the emergency stairwell is taking shape.
March 26th – Big progress! The walls of the new emergency exit have been poured and the forms have been removed.
March 12th – Walls are being framed. This is the view from the elevator with the expanded Makerspace to the left. This image is from the same position as the March 5th progress photo below.
March 12th – View from the Makerspace entrance – same position as the February 17th image below.
March 6th – Pouring the footings and floor of the new basement emergency exit on the north side of the building.
March 6th – Concrete pouring for the emergency exit.
March 5th – View from the Makerspace elevator. Media room door on the right, new Makerspace design area on the left (once the corner and walls are built.)
March 5th – Emergency exit temporary wall and doors from the inside in the staff area.
February 27th – Removing the wall for the new emergency exit.
February 26th – The area of the basement wall where the new emergency exit will be cut.
February 25th – A new sink for the Makerspace required trenching out a drain line.
February 24th – The excavator has arrived to start the digging for the emergency exit.
February 20th – Creating a new hall for the new emergency exit from the staff work area.
February 19th – The Library’s basement has its own crawlspace underneath, who knew?
February 17th – The old basement restrooms are looking pretty rough.
February 17th – Looking west from the area where the new Makerspace entrance will be.
January 31 – Area emptied for Makerspace expansion