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New Century Grant Recipients for 2008
August 2008
The Maine Library Commission has announced recipients of the 2007/2008 New Century Construction/Renovation Grants for public libraries. Requests for grant funding totaled $638,802.00 from 21 public libraries. The Maine Library Commission was able to fund $496,577.00 to 16 libraries. The total value of the library construction/renovation projects supported by the New Century grants totaled over $12,000,000. Application, guide and scoring rubric links
The following libraries received grants:
| Library | Town | Project Name | Project Description | Recommended Amount to Be Funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calais Free Library | Calais | Air Conditioning the Children's Section of the Calais Free Library | Adding AC to two large rooms in children's section, located in older section, built in 1892, renovated in 2002 | $4,430 |
| Carrabassett Valley Public Library | Carrabassett | Building For the Future | Build a new library of 4,100 square feet, located in an easily accessible, well traveled area | $45,000 |
| Cary Library | Houlton | New Energy Efficient Furnace | Replace 40 year old heating system with a new energy-efficient system | $16,016 |
| Charlotte Hobbs Mem. Library | Lovell | Expansion and Renovation of 100 Year Old Building | Existing areas to be rearranged and/or enlarged; Circ., YA & Children's area move to addition.. | $45,000 |
| D.A. Hurd Library | No Berwick | Replacing Rain Gutters and Painting Exterior Wood Trim | Final steps to 2-year building maintenance to flooded children's room, storage area and conf. room. | $500 |
| Edythe L. Dyer Comm. Library | Hampden | Central Air Conditioning | Complete installation of two five-ton packaged rooftop air handling units, ductwork, required penetrations, etc. | $24,631 |
| Farmington Public Library | Farmington | Replace Historic-Architectural Slate Roof, Structural Repair, Insulate & Ventilate Attic | Replace slate roof and and repair other structural deficiencies | $21,000 |
| Gardiner Public Library | Gardiner | Renovating the Main Floor | Renovate building by installing new HVAC system, removing old repairs, gp back to original architecture | $21,000 |
| Maine InfoNet/c/o Bangor Pub. Lib. | Bangor | Audiofile Duplication | Downloadable audio books for Maine libraries | $40,000 |
| Mildred Stevens Williams Mem. Lib. | Appleton | New Library & Comm. Center Const. Project Replacing 100 Yr. Old Grange Hall | Replace aging library with modern, safe & welcoming library | $45,000 |
| Orono Public Library | Orono | New Library Construction Project | To construct a new Orono Public Library | $45,000 |
| Pittsfield Public Library | Pittsfield | Expansion of the Original Carnegie Library | 3,200 foot expand. for comm.meeting space, book stacks, new circ.desk, work area, ADA compliant elevator. | $45,000 |
| Shaw Public Library | Greenville | Renovating Building to Improve Accessibility and Compliance With ADA | Create 100% compliance with ADA; improve drainage; restore lost space for book storage and patron use | $29,000 |
| Vose Library | Union | "A Home of Our Own": A New Library Construction Project After Renting for 75 Years | A 4500 square foot energy efficient building to be constructed on property purchased 3 years ago. | $45,000 |
| Waterville Public Library | Waterville | Renovation and Expansion of 103 Year Old Building | Full renovation, w/ 800 square ft. addition with new ADA accessible entrance, elevator, centralized circ.desk | $25,000 |
| TOTAL | $451,577 |
