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Poured & Curing
The base or floor of the expanded building has been poured and is now curing. Heavy equipment is kept off of the surface to avoid damage. In this photo, you may be able to discern a differerence in surface color. The areas near the top of the screen - future Teen...
$880,000 donation presented to City!
The Delavan Aram Public Library Foundation (DAPLF) recently made its first payment of money raised for the new library to the City of Delavan. The picture shows DAPLF President Wayne Osborn presenting a check for $880,000 to Delavan Mayor Ryan Schroeder. Watching...
5th Street Entrance
The image on the left, mid-screen, shows the building entrance from 5th Street with Family Dollar behind to the far right. The image on the right, demonstrates the new entrance with the vertical tire marks demonstrating the new entrance.
I spy …
I spy with my little eye ... a south wall. This blueprint image, above, shows Mechanical Room #144. Highlighted in red, you can see the exterior wall apparent in the exterior view in the image on right.
Found: historical item
Found: Antique bottle at expansion construction site! from the Delavan Historical Society (DHS): Camp was one of the county's pioneer settlers, moving from New York in the mid-nineteenth century. He was well regarded as a knowledgable and respected druggist. He lived...
Elevation change
Remember the elevator area at 404? Here's the view looking at the original elevator area and the accomodation of the site level to a one-floor library. Eventually, there will be a wall here with access on the other side for the Delavan Historical Society. A...
Perspective in the Discover Zone
Footings are in place for the Discover Zone! Here's a sense of the actual space viewing me, your library director within the area. The plumbing trenches have been completed and next week, electrical contractors will begin. Progress!
Clerestory pillars
Viewing the library build from 4th Street, you can just see the four large excavated areas which will accomodate the columns to support the clerestory. Clerestory: a series of windows admitting light. One of the goals of the project was to design for natural light to...
Mondays: Team Meeting
The behind-the-scenes Construction Team meets weekly on Mondays. The team consists of City of Delavan and Library employees along with team members from CCI and FEH Design. Each week, the group works through questions and the finer points of the project working...
Discover Zone
(Image, above) Viewing from inside the library expansion build, you can see the beginnings of the Discover Zone located in the youth department! The wall build has been taking place over several days and continues. Our contractors, CCI, are taking advantage of this...
Groundbreaking Ceremony – July 19, 2025
Pictured: Mayor Ryan Schroeder, City Common Council, Library Board of Trustees, Delavan Aram Public Library Foundation (DAPLF), and Corporate Contractors Inc. (CCI) representatives. (Thank you to CCI for the image.)
Library Expansion design team (from left): Christy Monk, Lead Architect, FEH Design; Katherine Schoofs, Asst. Director/Youth Services Librarian; Michelle Carter, Director; Linda Zell, VP Board of Trustees; and Bob Betzer, President, Board of Trustees.
Pictured (from left): Library Board President Bob Betzer; Alderperson Matt Bieser; Alderperson Calvin Square; Walworth County Administrator Mark Luberda; Mayor Ryan Schroeder; City Administrator, Brian Wilson; City Finance Director, Nick Griffin; and Alderperson and Library Board Trustee Karen Sempf.
Official Groundbreaking Shovel presented by CCI.
Pictured: DAPLF President Wayne “Ozzie” Osborn; Mayor Ryan Schroeder; Library Board President, Bob Betzer; and Friends of the Library President, Terry Yanke.
Pictured: DAPLF Executive Board Members.
Pictured (from left, front row): Alderperson Calvin Square; Alderperson Matt Bieser; Mayor Ryan Schroeder; State Director for Rural Development in Wisconsin, Andrew Iverson; Alderperson Paul Wilson; (from left, back row) City Administrator, Brian Wilson; and, Alderperson Karen Sempf.
Pictured: Executive Director Delavan-Delavan Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Malinda Obershaw and Mayor Ryan Schroeder.
Pictured: Current library staff.
Pictured: Current and Previous Library Staff
Construction equipment readying the site.
Our youngest attendees received construction hats with the library’s logo.
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