Thank You Library Supporters!
We at the Belmont Library Foundation greatly appreciate your foresight, compassion, generosity and efforts on behalf of our fundraising campaign for a new Belmont library building. Because of your support, our 20+ year pursuit of a new facility was capped on November 8, 2022 by receiving a successful YES vote for the new library building. The design of the library project continued in 2023 and the new library is now under construction. To see all of the latest updates for the project, please visit the Library Building Committee page here on the Library website.
Groundbreaking
On June 12, 2024 the Belmont Library Foundation was thrilled to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Belmont Library construction with local and state officials, the Library Board of Trustees, members of the Library Building Committee, members of the Belmont community, and members from the teams lead by Oudens Ello Architecture, the Owners Project Manager CHA, and the General Contractor G&R Construction.
$2,000,000 Belmont Saving Bank Foundation Check Presentation
At the November 2024 Select Board Meeting, the Belmont Library Building Project received the $2 million check from the Belmont Savings Bank Foundation for the construction of the new Belmont Public Library. Both the The Belmont Voice and the Belmontonian covered this wonderful news.
BLF, Library Trustees, Town of Belmont officials, and Select Board members receiving the BSSF check from BSBF Board Member Pat Brusch at the 11/4/24 Select Board Meeting
Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment staff, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Sen. Paul Mark, Rep. Gerry Cassidy, municipal leaders from the Town of Easton, and Cultural Facilities Fund grantees at the Children’s Museum in Easton celebrating the FY24 CFF awards
$100,000 Mass Cultural Council grant
The Belmont Library Foundation and Belmont Library Trustees are thrilled to announce the award of a $100,000 capital grant from the Cultural Facities Fund of the Mass Cultural Council to support the construction of the new Belmont Public Library. We are grateful to the Mass Cultural Council, MassDevelopment, and the Healey-Driscoll Administration for this grant and what it means for our Belmont community. We also appreciate Rep. Dave Rogers and Sen. Will Brownsberger for their efforts to fund the MCC as an important tool for investment in community arts and cultural organizations statewide.
$5 Million Raised
Private donations are a crucial component of funding for the Belmont Library Building Project. Thank you to the over 1000 corporate sponsors, foundations, and community members that have contributed!
Library Temporary Services
The Library will be relocating to temporary spaces during construction, with November 22, 2023 being the last day the existing library building will be open. For information about the temporary services and locations, please visit the Belmont Public Library website here.
Preview the new Belmont Public Library design
For the most recent information about the project, including the design updates presented at the November 29, 2023 Community Presentation, visit the Library Building Committee page here on the Library website.
