New Library Information

New Library Information

The Galesburg Public Library Board of Trustees is seeking to build a new library to serve the current and anticipated needs of the Galesburg community. The library is to be constructed on the block south of West Main Street bounded by West Street to the east, Simmons Street to the south and Academy Street to the west. The entire block will be used for construction of the new library, parking, and a green space.

Updates from director Noelle Thompson

February 2021: All remaining properties on the 200 block of West Main Street are under ownership of the Galesburg Public Library. The Library Board of Trustees plans to demolish the remaining structures in the Spring of 2021. All required documents have been submitted to the Illinois State Library, and staff and trustees are awaiting grant approval.

March 2020: The Library Board of Trustees continues to purchase properties on the 200 block of West Main Street. Library staff and trustees are updating building plans with architects and preparing to submit those revisions to the Illinois State Library by March 31st.

February 2020:  For current information on the new building project, read the Q&A between The Burg editor, Jeff Holt and library director, Noelle Thompson: The Burg Q&A

Register-Mail Q&A — conducted between Register-Mail editor, Tom Martin, and library board president Martin Reichel, with input from board member Guy Cahill and library director Harriett Zipfel in February 2014.

A day in the life of the new Galesburg Public Library

 

 

 

 

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