Ilsley Public Library reopens in Middlebury after multi-year renovation
The Ilsley Public Library reopened following a renovation and expansion funded by a voter-approved bond, a local option tax and more than $6 million in private donations. Town officials, builders and trustees celebrated the restored 1924 elements and new accessible spaces at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Joe McVay, former president of the Ilsley Library Board of Trustees and chair of the Ilsley 100 project team, opened the ceremony and called it the "grand opening, or perhaps I should say reopening, of the newly renovated and expanded Ilsley Public Library." He summarized a decade-long effort that restarted after an earlier 2017 plan stalled as too expensive and emphasized six design pillars — welcoming, accessible, safe, community-focused, flexible and sustainable — that guided the project.
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