Category: Library Update

March 1, 2025Noah Peterson, Sun & News Staff Writer The Friends of the Middleville Area Library recently partnered with Hopkins Fundraising Consulting, with the effort kicking off in January, as the group continues its efforts to give Middleville a freestanding public library. “The feasibility study is a joint effort between the Middleville Village Council, Thornapple…

August 17, 2024 Greg Chandler, Sun and News Staff Writer The Middleville Village Council Tuesday night voted unanimously to hire a consultant who will conduct a needs assessment to determine whether there is enough community support for a standalone public library. The council approved retaining Ada-based Hopkins Fundraising Consulting to put together the feasibility study…

November 18, 2023 Greg Chandler, Sun and News  A committee that is looking to bring a standalone public library to Middleville will ask Thornapple Kellogg Schools and two townships to contribute funding toward a feasibility study. The Middleville Library Committee Wednesday decided to approach the TK school district, as well as the boards of Thornapple…

November 11, 2023  Greg Chandler, Sun and News A committee that wants to develop a standalone public library in Middleville is asking the village for a contribution of up to $15,000 to help pay for retaining a consultant to conduct a feasibility study.  Michelle Frey, one of the citizen members of the nine-member committee that…

October 28, 2023 Greg Chandler, Sun and News Staff Writer A committee that’s been appointed to look into the feasibility of a standalone public library in Middleville met for the first time on Wednesday night. The nine-member committee, which was established last month, elected its officers and heard a short report from the community group…

September 16, 2023 The Sun and News, Greg Chandler Staff Writer A nine-member committee will soon get to work on the feasibility of bringing a standalone public library to Middleville. The Village Council Tuesday approved appointments to the ad hoc committee, which is to report back to the council in two years to determine options…

September 9, 2023 Greg Chandler, Sun and News  A committee that was created to look into the feasibility of a standalone community library in Middleville is starting to take shape.  The Village Council is expected next Tuesday approve the appointment of six community members as well as two council representatives to the nine-member ad hoc…

May 20, 2023 Sun and News, Greg Chandler, Staff Writer A community group looking to create a standalone public library in Middleville may revive long-dormant Friends of the Library organization to raise funds for the new facility. In the process, the group, currently known as Middleville Needs a Library, could tap into an existing fund…

April 29, 2023 Sun and News, James Gemmell, Contributing Writer A grassroots group pushing for a new public library in Middleville may convert into a government committee soon as a way to garner government support for the project and potential grants. At Tuesday night’s village council meeting, Village President Mike Cramer suggested that possibility to…