We added 1400+ square feet last year. We funded it in two ways: a grant from Lower Colorado River Authority for $25,000 and a loan from Government Capitol Corporation for the rest. They provide low interest loans to government entities- we are a library district. Our Board was not interested in a fundraising campaign because of the economy and because they thought the community would think we were asking for more money when we already receive sales tax revenue. A member of the Board took on the task of being project manager- handling the contractor and subs. I took care of ordering furniture and shelving. This made it easy for me to continue my regular job without the expansion interfering.
Carolyn T. Manning Library Director Wimberley Village Library 512 847-2188, ext. 6 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith Bergeron Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:46 PM To: ctls listserv Subject: [ctls-l] Questions for new and soon-to-be-new libraries Have you recently built or added on to your library? Are you in the planning/fund-raising stages of doing so? What worked and what didn't work? If you had it to do over again, how would you change the process? Do you know of funding resources from which we might try to get assistance when we are ready to architecturally assess and/or build? We appreciate any help you can give us as we look toward a future expansion! --Judy _____ Judith M. Bergeron Smithville Public Library 507 Main Street Smithville, TX 78957 TEL: 512/237-3282 ext. 2424 CELL: 512-848-5377 FAX: 512/237-4549 email: [email protected] website: www.smithvillepubliclibrary.org <http://www.smithvillepubliclibrary.org/>
