Timeline

Timeline
1761 Shutesbury is incorporated and named after the governor’s wife’s uncle.
1776 American Revolution, Shutesbury boasts patriots like the Cady’s and Daniel Shay
1811 40 men give one dollar to establish the social library
1894 William Hemenway, town clerk, becomes the First Chair of the Trustees. His housekeeper Miss Mary Clark serves unpaid as librarian until his death.
1899 Mirick Spear dies leaving $1,500 for a new library “as can be built etc”
1902 MN Spear Memorial library building completed by DA Sullivan for $1,547.61, coming in under budget.

190? Hermann Dihlman moves from Sweden
1911- William Hemenway dies and Nathan Hunting is town clerk and trustee for 50 years. 1961
1987? Dihlman’s store closes

Population grows from ___ to _____ from 1970-present

1995Library Director Linda Pryblo identifies need for more space reflected in Long Range Plan
1996 Building committee formed to investigate ways to increase space
-2001 Plan is withdrawn before presentation to the town


03/2004- Lot 032 is purchased by the town for municipal use
Hello Jane Goodbye Judith party at the Lake Wyola lake house
2005-’06 Held roundtable "How to revive your friends group".
2/2006 Chocolate Party to celebrate the library and get input from residents
2007 Long Range Plan rewritten by Jane Buchanan and Trustees
Planning and Design grant written by Jane Buchanan and Trustees
LFNAC formed as an advisory to the Trustees.
Officers elected for Friends of the Library
2008 LFNAC
9/05/08conducts survey,
creates slideshow of area libraries
begins drafting Library Building Program
Conducts 3 Public Forums to discuss the future of the library. One at town hall, one at the elementary school and one at the Sirius Community
5/09 Contract with project manager Mark Sullivan
10/09 Contract with architects Oudens Ello
5/10 Town meeting to approve new library and grant application

ftp://oudens-ello.com/ (paste into web browser; works well with Firefox, but not so well with Safari)
user name: shutesbury
password: Spear2009 (case sensitive)
The files are in a folder called "Project Meeting #8".

Insert the updated version here:
Tentative Schedule for 2nd Construction Grant Round
Winter 2010
* Grant Round Announcement (probably around January 2010)
* Letters of Intent Due Spring 2010
* Application Workshop TBA
* Grant Applications Due Summer/Fall 2010
* Provisional Grant Awards Made Late Fall 2010
* Matching Funds Approval Deadline June 2011