Carnegie library of homestead phase 2 library renovation project [the carnegie library of homestead (cloh) requires significant improvements and renovations to its historical structure

The Carnegie Library of Homestead in Munhall, Pennsylvania received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) on September 1, 2024. The funding will support Phase Two of the library's $15 million capital campaign to renovate and improve its historical 123-year-old building. Specific activities covered by the grant include ADA upgrades, hazard abatement, demolition, general construction, structural work, and plumbing to address infrastructural deterioration. The project is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2027. This federal grant award builds on the library's previous efforts to renovate its music hall and locker room under Phase One, and aligns with the NEH program's goals of strengthening humanities infrastructure and capacity at nonprofit organizations.

To accomplish this, the library has initiated a multi-year $15 million capital campaign. These efforts started with major renovations to the music hall and locker room (phase one). Cloh is requesting $500,000 in funding from the national endowment for the humanities? Infrastructure and capacity building challenge grant - capital projects to assist with phase two activities of this campaign which focus on library renovations and improvements. Specific activities of phase two renovations include ADA upgrades, hazard abatement, demolition, general construction, structural work, and plumbing work which will rectify infrastructural deterioration over the 123 years of our building?s existence.]