Library’s Fireplace ‘Doubly’ Fulfills Residents’ Request

This side of the fireplace faces what will be an area for seniors.

As the plans for the new library were put together, our architects (led by Trevor Harrison of HBT) shared their vision in two design charrettes–meetings seeking input from the public that were held in Honeoye Falls and the Hamlet of Mendon.

During these gatherings, residents clearly expressed that they thought a new library should have a fireplace. The option of a fireplace was able to be included in the final budget and the almost-finished result–a double fireplace serving two main areas of the library–is what you see in the photos here.

This side of the fireplace faces the library's main reading room.

Bids Opened and Read

General contractor. Plumbing. Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). Electrical.

Bids for each of these four “primes” for the new Mendon Public Library building were opened and publicly read by project architect HBT this afternoon at the Mendon Community Center.

Preliminary analysis of the bids suggests that phase 1 of the new library can be built within the $2.7 million “not to exceed” budget approved by the Town Board.

HBT is slated to give a report on the bids to the town board at its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday. July 12 at the Mendon Town Hall.

My thanks to all who attended the meeting and especially to Mark Rowe, president of the board of trustees, who provided me with a summary of what happened.