Cost Of Brookfield Library Project Revealed: Report

BROOKFIELD, CT — Building a new library building would cost the town over $14.7 million, reports the News Times. At the Board of Selectman's meeting this week, Architects chosen for the project presented designs and a cost estimate.

The designs boasted spaces for teens, children, technology and community meetings. It would be built on a soccer field on the Town Hall campus.

The town would only have to pay $12.2 million, architects estimated, as $1 million would come from a state grant and $1 million would come from donations from the Library Foundation.

The space would be much larger than the current space, which only covers 9,600 square feet.

Read more from the News Times here.

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