City officials said the project represents a turning point for the city, which has been working to get its finances and operations back on track after loss of economic activity following the closing of the Prairie Correctional Facility in 2010.
A slow-moving saga to find a new and larger home for the Appleton Library is now a page-turner. City Council members approved plans that will allow for the awarding of financing and bids to refurbish a portion of the 1952 wing of the former high school early next year.