CANTON — As the days get warmer and the air conditioning season gets under way, energy-efficiency programs are available for low- to moderate-income families through the New York State Energy
POTSDAM â The closed library at the heart of the villageâs civic center on Park Street is lined with boxed books as a $1.2 million renovation progresses this month.
With phase one complete, phase two underway and the third and final phase on the horizon, the Potsdam Public Library hopes to reopen its doors this year.
âItâs amazing to see that itâs finally taking shape,â Library Director Annie T. Davey said. âWeâve been thinking about this plan for so long and now itâs actually becoming real.â
Ms. Davey, who was hired to head the library in 2016, said she started envisioning the project âon day one.â Her initial ideas to revive the libraryâs once auditorium-height ceiling, reading areas, ventilation and layout were shared with Rebecca N. Weld, principal and founder of Potsdamâs Renew Architecture & Design, who is giving them life with local contractors.
Arguably the most consequential addition to the area in 2021 will be the GuideLink Center, at 300 Southgate Ave. in Iowa City. The $8.75 million facility is a milestone representing a collaboration from officials across Johnson County, including the city governments of Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty, University Heights and more.
The space will be home to the overlapping services of Prelude Behavioral Services, the Penn Center, the Abbe Center for Community Mental Health, CommUnity Crisis Services and the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program, all of which hope to provide a third option for people in crisis, over a jail cell or an emergency room.