The activity both inside and outside of the new library building has slowed down a bit. Behind the scenes, much work continues to be done. The Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees is working with our interior design firm, FEH Design in getting bids for the Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment…
At the Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees meeting held on October 8, 2025, the library board discussed at length and came to a unanimous, but yet very difficult decision. The FLL Board of Trustees made a motion and approved to suspend further negotiations with the Cable Natural History Museum…
In late September, the Forest Lodge Library received a wonderful special delivery! I was working the circulation desk Monday afternoon, September 29th. When I had arrived to the library earlier that day, the trusses had not yet arrived. But, as I left the library, I discovered that sometime in the…
August and early September saw much progress at the Forest Lodge Library New Building site. In August, work was done to prepare the floor space of the building. After necessary materials were set down to prepare for the concrete, and weather cleared up to cooperate, concrete was poured for the…
The Forest Lodge Library has finally reached the moment it’s been working toward for so many years — it’s time to start building the new library facility! At the end of June 2025, Jerome Excavating started us off. It was great to see and be able to walk around the…
The Groundbreaking Ceremony was held at the site of the New Library Building Facility, located right next door to the current Forest Lodge Library, on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11 AM. Over one hundred people attended. The weather cooperated and afterwards all were welcome to enjoy cupcakes and celebrate.…
The Forest Lodge Library is pleased to announce its Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New Library Building! Happening Saturday, June 28th at 11 AM in front of the New Library Building site. Join us as we celebrate this momentous occasion – made possible by the amazing support of our communities of…
The bids for the Forest Lodge Library New Building Project were opened at 4:30 pm on Thursday, May 1, 2025. All bids that were submitted on time were reviewed. To view selections that have been made, please click the link provided: Bid Results
The Forest Lodge Library would like to send a big ‘thank you!’ to the Cable UCC and the Cable UCC Women’s Fellowship and all that donated and shopped during this past year’s annual 2nd Chapter Christmas sale! The 2nd Chapter Christmas sale was held on December 7th, during the annual…
We waited with anticipation to hear the word on whether or not we would receive the Flexible Facilities Grant that was applied for earlier in the summer/fall. Receiving this grant would really be what we would need to move forward with building plans and the process with our architect, Tom…
The time has come! The event is here! The Book House will be making it’s move THIS WEEK!! They will start with the process this Wednesday, Oct. 9th, HOWEVER the actual moving of the building will be happening on: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th! Please be sure to…
Thank you to all who were able to attend our Library Expansion Community Update meetings on September 19th in Cable and Namakagon! Carl Lippert, Forest Lodge Library Board president gave information on the history of the project and where we currently are in the process. Amanda Westlund, director of the…
During the June Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees meeting, the Design Development Committee was formed and voted upon. This committee will be meeting with our architect, Tom Westlund, of Westlund Consultancy, as well as members of Royal Construction Management, as we move forward with the plans for the library…
Progress Report on Building the Library Expansion The FLL Board is targeting 2025 to build the library expansion facility – exactly one hundred years after the log cabin was built. 2024 will be a busy year with site preparation, design finalization and approval, and, of course, more fundraising planned. The…
One of the (many! Thanks to all!) responses we got to the End of Year Library Expansion Appeal was from the Cable Area Chamber of Commerce who pledged $10,000 towards the Library Expansion in honor of retiring library director Kristine Lendved. So grateful. So honored! THANKS!!! …
Your Library. Your Community. Your Gift Matters. From reading near the cozy fireplace in winter to hearing the cheerful sound of outdoor instruments in summer, the Forest Lodge Library is an important community resource that has brought joy to our community for generations. We’ve outgrown our space so now it’s…
We’ve spoken with hundreds of people. Sent out dozens of marketing folders. Received considerable support in pledges in funds, but, still found ourselves short of our fundraising goal while, in the meantime, out there in the world construction costs only continued to spiral upward. It seemed that something had to…
Our community lost one of its beloved elders in recent days. Winnie Gall, 91, passed on December 10th. Her family has requested that memorial donations be directed to The Katie Flowers Endowment (or Forest Lodge Library KFE) in support of the Fred and Winnie Gall Memorial Community Study Room, to…
Oh, 2020, you destroyer of timelines, you betrayer of plans! Let us hasten to say that we are mindful that having been put on “pause” is about the least worst thing that might of happened. We stand in sympathy with all of those who lost so much this pandemic year.…
THANKS to all who found or took the time to attend one of our Public Input session on Thursday, June 6th. We were very excited to share the current draft of plans and to hear your questions and comments. If you were unable to attend but are interested in hearing…
On Thursday, June the 6th, the library offered two Public Input Sessions, one in the Town of Cable, one in the Town of Namakagon. As a joint library of the two communities, it felt that it was important that each community was given an opportunity to review our preliminary plans.…
We are now two years into our “project” and, while it may look like not much has changed, progress has, in fact, been made. In our last installment we explained that we had interviewed a number of architects and that we had determined that it would be useful to visit…
It’s time for an update of library happenings…hard work, but lots of excitement on several fronts!
Why are these people smiling? Well, the rumor you’ve heard is true. The library … well, technically the Towns of Cable & Namakagon… purchased the Aldrich property adjacent to the library. We’re very excited! We look forward to working with our neighbors, our Towns, our patrons and area businesses in…