COMING IN 2025
Our community’s needs are changing, and the Jesup must grow to meet them.
Our library has served many generations since it was built in 1911. It’s time to update this well-loved institution to serve generations to come. Our expansion will modernize the library’s spaces, programs and resources while preserving our historic building for the next 100 years.
Your vision for Bar Harbor’s future
Input collected through numerous public planning sessions will be central to our final design, particularly its youth spaces, archives, technology, and sustainability. The expanded library will offer urgently needed improvements including:
• accessible, step-free access to all areas of the library
• bright and sunlit children’s and young adult spaces
• conference & event rooms
• environmentally-friendly mechanical systems
• climate controlled archives for historic and special collections
• quiet rooms for private and group study, remote working, video calls, and tutoring
Change the course of history for our community
This expansion comes at a time when MDI is facing critical challenges. The campaign to expand the Jesup is an invitation to be part of creating Bar Harbor’s best possible future.
Campaign Committee:
Ron Beard (Chair)
Sheldon Goldthwait (Chair)
Tom Crikelair
Jill Goldthwait
Michael Hastings
Dan Poteet
Nancy Poteet
Honorary Committee:
Senator George Mitchell (Chair)
Richard Cough
Ronald Epp
David Hackett Fischer
Jack Gantos
Steve Katona
Christina Baker Kline
Susan Lerner
Roxana Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson