Tonight (Tuesday, December 1) in Sunapee, the Abbott Library Building Committee and members of the Old Town Hall Committee will meet to review conceptual plans and cost estimates for building a new town library in the old town hall. In recent months, the library committee has gathered information and prepared conceptual plans for possible library use of the old town hall property, located on Main Street in the harbor village district of town. Tonight, committee members will explore the cost of such a project. Building Committee Chair Barbara Chalmers is expected to present two cost estimates: 1) to renovate and 2) to rebuild. The meeting will be held at the Sunapee Town Hall on Edgemont Road starting at 6:15 p.m.
Two years ago, the library identified a Sunapee Harbor Riverway site (former Harbor Hotel property) for the new library, but voted in March 2009 to put fundraising on hold due to the economy. The trustees also agreed to remain open to other building options for the library. The old town hall concept incorporates the adjacent Harbor Riverway parcel in its plans.
Read a related article: New Sunapee Library in Old Town Hall? Committees Look at Conceptual Plan. (SunapeeNews.com)
Download the conceptual plan showing section sketches of the building, (956 KB): OTH plan and section sketches
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