Library Construction Complete!

In June 2025, we celebrated the grand re-opening of our beautiful renewed Library. The ramp connects directly to a two-story addition where you’ll find the circulation desk and access to the elevator lift on the Main Floor. The main floor has an expanded adult non-fiction section housed in the addition along with the new circulation desk. The middle area of the main floor houses a beautifully-crafted cabinet for our Library of Things Collection, including games, sewing machine, sports equipment, telescope, DVD player and so much more. Visitors will also notice the adult and children’s reading rooms were switched during our renovation. The adult reading room is named the Friendship Room; the children’s reading room is named the Family Room and the new circulation area is named the Three Cs Room. The Library elevator lift brings mobility-challenged visitors to each floor. The Lower Floor has two new spaces: a Tranquility Room for visitors to relax, unwind and decompress; and Bodie’s Lighthouse Lab, a children’s discovery museum and program space.

Beyond our accessibility project, we applied for and received grants for other imperative projects. We are so appreciative of The Athens Community Foundation who granted us the necessary funds in 2021 to pursue an air circulation project for downstairs, a necessity since Covid. We also received a sizable grant to replace the existing roof and gutters, and another grant for a complete fire suppression system.

We are ever so grateful for all the support and kindnesses during our renovation. We proudly serve you, our Athens neighbors and friends.

- D.R. Evarts Library Board of Trustees