Oxford Library receives grant for building project
OXFORD – The Oxford Memorial Library was recently granted about $62,000 from New York State for an ongoing capital building project that will eventually expand the community’s resource and restore its historic character.
Assemblyman Cliff Crouch (R-Guilford) made the announcement Tuesday. Local libraries across the state received $14 million from the 2007-2008 budget.
“Libraries are an essential resource to our community,” said the Assemblyman. “This funding will renew our local library branches and ensure they continue to meet the needs of our residents.”
The grant will cover just more than half of the estimated cost to upgrade the meeting room and office and work space areas, Nancy Wilcox, director, said.
“We are definitely grateful in getting the grant. We are moving right ahead with our plans and this will certainly be a help,” Wilcox said.
The library’s $1 million expansion plans includes a 730-square-foot addition on the northwest corner of the 200-year old former manse of covered bridge builder and inventor, Theodore Burr.
The first phase of the project, completed last spring, was the creation of a young adult/teen reading room. The third phase of the expansion involves building a community room, landscaping and parking lot improvements. The last phase of the project, phase four, is for smaller miscellaneous projects.
Phase two of the project is expected to be finished in May when weather conditions improve enough for crews to finish painting. Although no final date has been estimated for the completion of the whole project, Wilcox estimated that phase three would be finished by 2010.
Assemblyman Cliff Crouch (R-Guilford) made the announcement Tuesday. Local libraries across the state received $14 million from the 2007-2008 budget.
“Libraries are an essential resource to our community,” said the Assemblyman. “This funding will renew our local library branches and ensure they continue to meet the needs of our residents.”
The grant will cover just more than half of the estimated cost to upgrade the meeting room and office and work space areas, Nancy Wilcox, director, said.
“We are definitely grateful in getting the grant. We are moving right ahead with our plans and this will certainly be a help,” Wilcox said.
The library’s $1 million expansion plans includes a 730-square-foot addition on the northwest corner of the 200-year old former manse of covered bridge builder and inventor, Theodore Burr.
The first phase of the project, completed last spring, was the creation of a young adult/teen reading room. The third phase of the expansion involves building a community room, landscaping and parking lot improvements. The last phase of the project, phase four, is for smaller miscellaneous projects.
Phase two of the project is expected to be finished in May when weather conditions improve enough for crews to finish painting. Although no final date has been estimated for the completion of the whole project, Wilcox estimated that phase three would be finished by 2010.
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