At long last, Phase II of LVDL Outdoor Space Plan, the Great Lawn, is ready for visitors! We invite you to explore the reading room, shaded patios, walking path, Monarch Butterfly Wayfinding Station, performance pavilion and of course, the whimsical berm decorated as a Hobbit-inspired house. Enter at the Book Arbor and follow the path. We hope you will enjoy the space for years to come.
Evolving from community feedback gathered during strategic planning in spring 2021, the LVDL Outdoor Space Plan is a series of 26 individual projects that will be completed over several years. Phase I, completed in October 2024, brought shade and extra seating to main entrance.
Project Timeline
A timeline of the project is as follows:
| - Ribbon Cutting & Dedication | June 2026 |
| - Phase II drone footage from Boller Construction | October 2025 |
| - Phase II drone footage from Boller Construction | August 2025 |
| - Boller Construction selected to complete Phase II | April 2025 |
| - Phase II Request for Proposals | February 2025 |
| - Presentation of Phase II 90% Complete Plan | January 2025 |
| - Presentation of Phase II 50% Complete Plan | November 2024 |
| - Phase I was completed | October 2024 |
| - The design contract for Phase II, The Library’s Great Lawn, was signed with Hitchcock Design Group | September 2024 |
| - LVDL awarded Open Space Land Acquisition & Development Grant | January 2024 |
| - Contract signed with Joseph J. Henderson & Son | January 2024 |
| - Request for proposals | November 2024 |
| - Phase I Project selected - Library Garden | September 2023 |
| - Presentation of 95% Complete Plan | March 2023 |
| - Presentation of 50% Complete Plan | November 2022 |
| - Community survey & focus groups | May 2022 |
| - Contract signed with Hitchcock Design Group | January 2022 |
| - Interviewed the top three firms | December 2021 |
| - Request for Qualifications for Landscape Architects | October 2021 |
