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Sunbury community library seeks $19M bond; board to consider resolution June 16
Summary
The Sunbury Community Library presented a plan for a roughly 13,000-square-foot expansion and asked the school district to place a bond request before voters; the board scheduled next steps and approved a trustee appointment.
Chauncey Montgomery, representing the Sunbury Community Library, told the Big Walnut Local Schools Board of Education on May 19 that the library has seen sustained growth and is proposing a 13,000‑square‑foot expansion with an estimated cost of about $20 million and a bond‑request principal of $19 million.
Montgomery said the library’s service population grew from about 15,000 when the Burr Drive facility opened in 1994 to roughly 25,000 now, and use has risen: about 175,000 visitors, 26,000 program…
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