LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's libraries are turning the page on a new chapter.
Two branches of the Louisville Free Public Library that were previously closed will reopen, and two others are getting multimillion-dollar facelifts.
The city is renovating the Portland and main library locations. Crews are also working to reopen the Parkland Library, which closed in 1986, and build a new Fern Creek Library.
The total cost of all the work is more than $44 million. The city used American Rescue Plan funding for most of the work, and the rest is coming from private donations through the Library Foundation.
Monday, the James Graham Brown Foundation announced it would match every dollar donated up to $1.5 million.
"This campaign happens today because of the voices that were raised in support of their library," Chandra Gordon, executive director of the Library Foundation, said.
The construction projects are set to wrap up over the next two years.
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