September 24, 2025 — Work on the new youth programming room is making good progress. Noise from new wall construction and repointing of brick support columns may be disruptive in the children’s department at times
Category: Construction Updates
Forbes Library is excited to announce that construction will begin this fall on a new youth programming room that will enable the library to increase programming and the number of families it serves. The room will be located in the children’s department, adjacent to the Wizard of Oz Room in the children’s nonfiction section in space that was most recently used for storage. The room will be specifically designed to meet the needs of children, teens, and families and will free up the Community Room, the library’s other main programming room, for adult events, thereby enabling the library to serve more patrons of all ages.
We know that this project will be disruptive at times with areas blocked off and periods of noisy construction. We will do our best to minimize the disruption and communicate progress updates during the project here and on our social media.
This project is being built by Keiter construction company. They will be onsite beginning September 8, 2025 and have an estimated completion for the whole project of late spring 2026. We will post updates here including announcing areas that are temporarily closed or disrupted due to the ongoing construction.
Construction Updates: Week of September 17, 2025
September 17, 2025 — A barrier was installed in the back of the Young Adult Room where it will connect to the new programming room Access to the children’s nonfiction collection and some of the children’s computers have been limited this week due to the construction. Please ask staff if you need something from that area The Community Room continues…
Construction Updates: Week of September 9, 2025
September 13, 2025 — Preparations in the Wizard of Oz room have begun including moving out a large portion of the non-fiction collection. Once that room is blocked off completely, staff will be able to retrieve books with notice. Behind the scenes demolition has begun and you may hear or see occasional noise in the Community Room and the…
Construction Begins on New Youth Programming Room and HVAC Upgrades
September 13, 2025 — Forbes Library is excited to announce that construction will begin this fall on a new youth programming room that will enable the library to increase programming and the number of families it serves. The room will be located in the children’s department, adjacent to the Wizard of Oz Room in the children’s nonfiction section in…
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