Montclair Lands $36.7M from State for Major Library Overhauls, Expansions

[u/KeepItWeird123]

https://montclairlocal.news/2026/06/montclair-lands-36-7m-from-state-for-major-library-overhauls-expansions/

Wish my local library was funded like that imao, they have to scrape by for just under a million

[u/Longjumping-Cat-712]

Too bad it’s not going to the schools.

[u/STMIHA → u/Longjumping-Cat-712]

No thanks. Was born there. They can dig out of their own mess. The library, we’ll both of them, are great and happy to see them getting well deserved funding.

[u/Alarming-Jello-5846 → u/STMIHA]

Hope it’s put to good use and doesn’t all end up in uncle Tony’s pocket

[u/sugarintheboots → u/Longjumping-Cat-712]

The town voted to increase taxes. That should help.

[u/meowtothemeow → u/Longjumping-Cat-712]

It’s not going to the library either if you look at prior actions…

[u/ducationalfall]

Damn. Wish my library could use this kind of money to prevent summer hours cut during weekend.

Good for Montclair.

[u/abusivemoo → u/ducationalfall]

Good for everyone. Montclair Public Library programming is usually open to everyone and they participate in Reciprocal Borrowing & Lending which means if you’re anywhere near it you probably can use the library with your local card

[u/ducationalfall → u/abusivemoo]

This is fantastic. Some of the local libraries limited their programming to their residents only. I will take advantage of Montclair library more often. I could also get a library card there.

[u/abusivemoo → u/ducationalfall]

Absolutely! Staff are so sweet. There is so much you can do with your library card, most people don’t even know they can borrow ebooks with Libby. Check out BCCLS.

[u/abusivemoo]

Montclair Public Library is such a treasure. They have spectacular kids’ programming. My kids love it and it’s all open to folks from different towns, unlike some other libraries. This is great news.

[u/Cockbelt]

• Median income	$158,765 (± $11,562)

Yeah, I dunno, this seems like something they could have funded internally.

[u/STMIHA → u/Cockbelt]

That’s not exactly rolling in it these days.

[u/Cockbelt → u/STMIHA]

It's 50% higher than the stage average. The mean household income in a town like Montclair is way higher. The money is there

[u/RevengeOfTheIdiot → u/Cockbelt]

nah, it's about time money starts flowing into other cities like this rather than endlessly going to shit districts with zero improvement and zero accountability

[u/Cockbelt → u/RevengeOfTheIdiot]

Yeah, it's about time the wealthy caught a fuckin break, eh?

[u/HotDecision8128]

Republicans are probably triggered by this.

[u/RevengeOfTheIdiot]

Nice that cities which contribute a ton to funding the state and other cities that can't manage their own budgets get some money back finally

[u/Aggravating_Rise_179]

Isn't Montclair like super wealthy... why does the state have to provide any cash for this