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Our Library Needs Your Help!

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Friends of the Fort Lee Public Library is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. Please keep your receipt as your official record. We'll email it to you upon successful completion of your donation.

If every Fort Lee & Englewood Cliffs resident donated $90 each Phase 2 would be fully funded!

Your donations can...

Help us bring you these Phase 2  improvements:
--New larger Children’s Center
--A new room on the 2nd floor for Children's programs
--New enclosed Teen Room (with noise reduction)
--New small meeting/work rooms for patrons (work from home at the Library!)
--New small conference rooms
--More seating
--New flooring, lighting, and furniture across the entire building!
--Keep all the current parking spaces

The New FLPL Renovation will have something for everyone.

Let's build our new library, TOGETHER!

Renovation flyers in English, Spanish Español, Chinese 中文,  Korean 한국인, Japanese 日本語, and Russian русский язык

New FLPL Renovation info–translated!
New Children's Center programming room, rendering

New Children's Center & Program Room

With your contribution, Phase 2 will include an 8% expansion to the library. This expansion will bring you a larger Children's Center PLUS a new Program Room (on the 2nd floor) for children's events and activities. The main Meeting Room will still have adult or teen programs. Donate today for this much needed and requested dedicated children's space.
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Study & Conference Rooms + New Furniture, Flooring & Lighting

In Phase 2, we'll introduce new flooring, furniture, and light fixtures to modernize the space. Need a quiet place to have a Zoom call or just some privacy to work or study? New Study Rooms and Conference Rooms can be available to patrons once Phase 2 is fully funded and built.
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New Teen Room with enclosed glass walls and doors to reduce the noise in the library.

New Teen Room with Noise Reduction

Your donation can help create a new space with noise-reducing glass walls and doors on the lower level and upper floors. Reserved for teens after school, this space may also be used for other classes and programs during the mornings or evenings. A BENEFIT FOR ALL PATRONS.
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What's in Phase 2?

Once funded, Phase 2 plans to renovate 75% –the rest of the library–and add a significant expansion to the building.
Designs include a new Children’s Center, new Children's program room, new Teen Room, new small study rooms, new conference rooms, new flooring, furniture, and lightning throughout, plus necessary updates across the entire building.
But, our library needs your help to bring you Phase 2.

Progress So Far

Designs for the New FLPL are based entirely on the community feedback that created the library's new strategic plan. You told us what you wanted and we listened!
The $2,350,000 cost of Phase 1 is fueled by a generous grant from the NJ State Library Capital Projects Fund and the use of Library reserves. The first part of our Library’s renovation and construction may soon be underway.
Phase 1 of our renovation project will modernize and improve about 28% of the existing library and is expected to start early 2025. The library expects to remain open during this time.
A full list of FAQs and more renovation information is available from the Fort Lee Library's Renovation website.

How much is Phase 2?

Phase 2 has an estimated total cost of $5,228,000. Fort Lee Borough has committed to ensuring the future of the Library by pledging $1,000,000, and the Library is actively seeking construction grants. After the Library and Borough’s financial commitments, there is still an estimated $4,200,000 to be raised.

Donations to the Friends of the Library from Fort Lee & Englewood Cliffs residents, patrons, and all visitors can make Phase 2 possible.

You are crucial in completing Fort Lee Library as a modern, vibrant, and inclusive library space. Let’s build our new library, TOGETHER!

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