THE NEW LIBRARY IS RISING!

Have you given your gift yet? Why not celebrate Earth Month by joining the effort to make our new library GREEN? 

Hooray Hooray! The generous commitment from Ken Krause & Maura McEnaney to match the first 50 solar panels has been met. An anonymous donor has stepped forward to expand the challenge! Therefore, we have 20 additional solar panels that we can match as well!

Name a Solar Panel $500

Donate a solar panel and help make our library the first net-zero library in the Commonwealth!

Donor names will be listed on a plaque in the Upper Vestibule.

Name a Bike Rack
$1500

Support Sustainability by providing a Bike Rack for the new library.

Donor names will be listed on a plaque in the Upper Vestibule.

NEW YORK, NY and MEDFORD, MA – August 18, 2020 – Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Medford Public Library Foundation today announced that the new public library being constructed in the City of Medford will be named the Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library in honor of Michael Bloomberg and Marjorie Bloomberg Tiven’s parents, who lived in Medford for 65 years. Michael Bloomberg has made a $3 million gift toward the construction of the new public library in his hometown, recognizing the essential role it plays in the community. The Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library is slated to open in the fall of 2021.

In The News

MEDFORD, MA - May 17, 2021 - We got a Cummings Grant! Thank you to the Cummings Foundation for the community grant, which will outfit our new Makerspace & enable community discovery! There will be 3D Pens, Bristlebots, Tacky Glue, and Modeling Clay. There will be Cubelets, Cutting Mats, and Decorative Paper Packs. There will be a Button Maker, a 3D Printer, a Laser cutter, a Soldering Station, a Large Format Printer & MORE!