Schedule:

Latest Project Schedule

A Steering Committee is established by the City of Dover to begin the library building process

Citizen committees are established: Building Design Committee, Public Relations Committee, Fund Raising Committee

March, 2008: City of Dover contracts with Holzman Moss Architects, LLP to design a new public library facility

Spring, 2008: Committees and Holzman, Moss begin discussion and planning for community and building needs

August, 2008: Holzman, Moss begins monthly planning visits and community informational meetings

September, 2008: Holzman, Moss meets with committees, staff and members of the public. Meetings are held with representatives of community stakeholders to discuss building size, parking needs and options, and possibilities for community collaboration

October, 2008: Holzman Moss meets with staff to begin to align spaces within a new building, to discuss activity areas within the boiling and future needs and size of the Library’s materials collections. A  public meeting is held to ask members of the public their hopes for the new building

The City of Dover advertises an RFQ for a professional fund raiser

November, 2008: Holzman Moss visits to continue space needs planning and begin discussion of cost estimates. A public meeting is held to target families with children and their needs; and a meeting with teens to talk about their hopes for the new building.

December, 2008: Fund Raising Campaign begins

March, 2009: Schematic Designs are complete

Spring, 2009: Bidding and contract award process begins

Early, 2010: Ground Breaking ceremony!