Friday, September 23, 2011

Another Go

The Library Trustees voted unanimously at their September 2011 meeting to do the necessary work required to revise our grant application and designs for resubmission to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) by their January 2012 deadline. The revised grant, if it meets the MBLC expectations, will place the Library on the waiting list for state construction funds that would cover 50% of the cost of renovating and expanding the Library.

We will learn in June or July of 2012 if our grant made the grade the second time around. Until then, we shall continue to prepare for construction and funding. The state funds are likely to become available to us beginning in 2015. Once our Library makes the waiting list for state funds, the Town has the option to wait until the funds become available to the Library from the state, or proceed to renovate and receive the funds as a state reimbursment.