Done with mostly private funds:
This city of 12,190 along the Rock River in southern Jefferson County is accustomed to doing things on its own. And the impressive library project was no exception.
The city paid for $2.5 million of the work but the remaining $3 million came from the private sector, including $1.5 million from the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation, which challenged the community to come up with the balance.
Via On Wisconsin: In Fort Atkinson, an old library is made new again.