College Trustees Adopt Resolution

to Proceed with Plans for Library Construction

MIDDLEBURY, Vt.—The Middlebury

College board of trustees passed a resolution at its fall meeting on

Oct. 21 that authorizes College officials to proceed with planning

for the construction of a new College library to be located on the

eastern edge of the campus on Storrs Avenue. The resolution passed

unanimously.

The College’s former science

center currently occupies much of the site for the library project.

The board accepted the design for the project that was presented to

the building and grounds committee of the board on Oct. 20 by the

architects for the project, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates. The

architect’s plans require the removal of the old science

facility to allow for construction of the new library.

The science facility has been

unoccupied since 1999 when Bicentennial Hall became the new home for

the College’s science programs.

The budget for the library project

was set by the trustees at $40 million.

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