After a decade of planning and delays, construction is now underway on Orrville’s new public library in Dallas County, Alabama. The new facility, located on Main Street next to Town Hall, is expected to be completed by March, when Mayor Louvenia Lumpkin plans to host a grand opening ceremony. Plans started for the library in 2016, during Lumpkin’s second term, but the town struggled to come up with the $400,000 needed to build it.
In 2023, Congresswoman Terri Sewell allocated $500,000 in federal funding to the library. It was one of 15 community grants to split $42.8 million designated for the 7th district from the 2023 Omnibus Government Funding Package. A ground breaking ceremony was held in December 2023, but then the project stalled. Lumpkin talks about the delays and plans for the library's future in this interview with Black Belt News Network's Todd Prater.
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