Easily surpassing the required 66.6% vote needed, the voters at the March 11 annual Meredith Town meeting gave it the BIG GREEN LIGHT by a ballot vote of about 220-yes to 20-no for approving the 4-million dollar, library expansion!
Go to
www.meredithlibrary.org and click on the 'Walkthrough' link to view the 1:28-long, interior space expansion video, created by Lavallee Brensinger Architects.
On March 13, a LaDaSun article reported the vote was 202-yes to 17-no for passing the five million dollar, library expansion.
The original Benjamin Smith-Meredith Library opened in 1901, and had the large three story addition on the right constructed in 1985. This new addition will get built to the left and behind the original structure, partially on an abutting house lot to be purchased.