What’s happening right now?
The noise level from the demo continues to be fairly high at times throughout the day.
March 6th – Pouring the footings and floor of the new basement emergency exit on the north side of the building.
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 March
- 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
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 a basement, 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