Library to Pick Temporary Site by Early February
“This is going to be like camping,” said Mary Pergander, director of the Deerfield Public Library. “We're doing the minimum requirement to make it safe and functional.”
After approving a $12-million renovation project for the Deerfield Public Library in 2010, voters may know within a few weeks the location of its interim home. During its regular meeting Feb. 1, the library board is hoping to make a final decision between two spaces in Deerfield, according to Executive Director Mary Pergander. Though Pergander could not disclose the proposed sites' exact addresses, she said the library has been eying locations along the Lake Cook Road corridor. “This is going to be like camping,” she said. “We're not doing anything fancy to (the temporary) site — we're doing the minimum requirement to make it safe and functional.” Earlier: Library Board Finalizes Designs for Renovation Moreover, space, though limited, …
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Jon Hall
11:37 am on Friday, November 18, 2011
Every indication is that the Library Board (really a Village Board puppet show) is demonstrating total incompetence in conceiving and managing this entire renovation project. How much is this going to cost over-run the project which voters approved almost 2 years ago? Another case of too much government. Deerfield badly needs a tea party awakening. more ›