SANDWICH – The Sandwich Public Library will be the latest addition to the library resurgence in DeKalb County as officials expect to break ground on a new $5 million building within months.

After 71 years in a 4,780-square-foot building with no handicap accessibility, the Sandwich library received a $1.6 million state grant and overwhelming support for a tax increase that will generate another $3.4 million. The new 17,000-square-foot library will be next to the city’s schools and YMCA.

The project is just the latest example of the wave of support libraries have received from communities in DeKalb County in the past few years.