After carefully weighing all of the options and lots of deliberation the Library Facilities Needs Assessment Committee (LFNAC) decided to pursue an addition/renovation to the Dickinson Memorial building for the new and improved Hatfield Public Library.
The reasons for choosing an addition/renovation instead of a new building are many:
· Using an existing building is a “green” choice;
· LFNAC is sensitive to having another vacant municipal building on Main Street;
· A separate library building next to Dickinson Memorial would crowd the lot and eliminate much park-like area;
· Hatfield residents are sentimental about the current library building
Now architect Stephen Hale is making detailed drawings incorporating all of the features listed in the Building Program.
Hatfield residents can keep up-to-date on the progress by reading the Hatfield LFNAC blog at http://hatfieldlfnac.blogspot.com
LFNAC members: Harold Green, Chair; Historical Commission Liaison Lynn Omasta, Vice-Chair; Library Trustee Dodie Gaudet, Secretary; Martin Antonetti; Susan Gaughan; Milton Howard; and Mary Williams.
The work of this Committee is funded through a $40,000 grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, $8,000 from the Friends of Hatfield Library, $4,000 from Hatfield Library Funds and $8,000 from the town of Hatfield, approved at the May 2007 Town meeting.
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