Belmont Citizen Herald – November 7, 2021
The Cost of Solving the Library Building Issues by Kathy Keohane It is often asked: Why can’t we fix the old library building? Why build a new one? The answer is money. Over the last few months, the [...]
The Cost of Solving the Library Building Issues by Kathy Keohane It is often asked: Why can’t we fix the old library building? Why build a new one? The answer is money. Over the last few months, the [...]
At the October 2021 joint Select Board and Library Board of Trustees meeting, the Select Board unanimously voiced their support for the new library building. You can view the recording of the meeting on Belmont Media here. [...]
Stories from the shadows of the library by Marcie Schorr Hirsch Our library building is failing. One might ask: “But it looks fine. Can’t it just be fixed?” That’s the right question. Unfortunately, the answer is “no,” but [...]
This video, presented at the joint meeting of the Select Board and Library Trustees on October 4, 2021, gives a seven minute overview of the multiple ways the current library building is failing and why it urgently needs [...]
Floods, power failures and elevator woes: Belmont Public Library needs a new home by Ellen Schreiber What do floods, scorching heat, and power failures have in common? These emergencies (and more) have all happened in the Belmont Public [...]
Community members gathered for the 6th Library Project Public Forum on Tuesday November 12th 2019 to view the final Schematic Design for the new library building. The presentation slides can be found here on the Belmont Library project website, and [...]
We hope you will be able to join the Library Building Committee for the sixth Public Forum for the new Library Building on Tuesday November 12 at 7pm in the Assembly Room at the Belmont Public Library. See our [...]
Community members gathered for the 5th Library Project Public Forum on Sunday May 19th 2019. Attendees reviewed conceptual building designs from Oudens Ello Architecture and Stimpson, the landscape architects. Floor and site plans, exterior and interior building views, and [...]
We hope you will be able to join the Library Building Committee for the fifth Public Forum for the new Library Building on Sunday May 19th at 2pm in the Assembly Room at the Belmont Public Library. See [...]
We are looking forward to seeing you at Town Day 2019! Come visit our table on May 18 on Leonard Street in Belmont Center to learn more about the work of the Foundation, design progress for the new [...]