After almost a year of delays for supply chain issues, the Greenwood Public Library renovation is nearly complete.
Now the library is looking like the state-of-the-art facility officials envisioned when they embarked on a multi-million dollar renovation in April 2021. The renovation of the 2001-built library included major updates to bring the library up to more modern standards, including expanded and updated study rooms, new interactive features in the children’s area, shelving upgrades, and dividable meeting rooms, among other improvements.
The library hired Columbus-based Driftwood Builders for the more than $4 million project. A $3.9 million bond was issued to replace old debt that was coming off the books, which means the renovations didn’t increase taxes. Officials will also spend as much as $500,000 from the Rainy Day Fund. About $265,374 had been spent as of Tuesday,…
