April 11, 2025
At its March 19, 2025, meeting, the Glencoe Public Library’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal from Just Cause Consulting to provide strategy and support in financing a library building renovation.
Founded in 2014 and based in Chicago, Just Cause helps nonprofit organizations launch and sustain capital campaigns and fundraising initiatives. It has worked with more than 60 organizations, including recently with Glencoe’s North Shore Congregation Israel.
The library trustees have engaged Just Cause to work with them over seven months in 2025. The renovation project will be funded through a combination of existing library reserves, funds raised through a capital campaign, private donations, a loan, and a March 2026 bond referendum. If the funding for the estimated $17.3 million project is secured, renovations will likely start in late 2026 and be completed in 2028.
“With the help of the professionals at Just Cause, we’re looking forward to engaging the Glencoe community in our exciting renovation plans,” said library board president Roger Parfitt. “The result will be a greatly improved library building that will better meet the community’s needs while retaining its uniquely welcoming atmosphere.”