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  • Shrewsbury TM approves library design funds

  • With the clock ticking for the town to receive a state grant for the library renovation and expansion, Town Meeting Wednesday night approved  $85,000 for schematic design plans for a renovated and expanded building.

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  • With the clock ticking for the town to receive a state grant for the library renovation and expansion, Town Meeting Wednesday night approved $85,000 for schematic design plans for a renovated and expanded building.
    Earlier this month, architects from Lamoureaux Pagano presented Library Building Committee members with four options for a renovated and expanded library and committee members chose a $23.1 million option.
    With the $23.1 million option, which library officials said is the only one of the four options that meets the library’s programs, the town will receive a $7.9 million state grant. Library Director Ellen Dolan said the $23.1 million option will meet the community’s needs for the next 50 years.
    With the grant and a private fundraising campaign, the town’s share of the project is estimated to be $13.4 million.
    The library must get town approval for the project before Dec. 31 to be eligible for the grant. Library officials expect to bring forward a design plan at a special Town Meeting in the fall.
    “If we don’t keep moving this project along the grant is coming to an end,” said Town Meeting member Melisa Hollenback.
    The current building has a leaky roof, limited space for the library’s collections and failing heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems.

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