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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