Lyon Township Celebrates Opening of New Library Location
(Lara Mossa, June 30, 2026)
LYON TOWNSHIP, MI – Local residents are reading more now that there is a brand, new Lyon Township library. The 19,500-square-foot structure opened on June 1. With approximately 7,000 cardholders, the library signed up more people in the first week than it usually does in a month.
“I think it’s beautiful, and it’s really providing a lot of amenities that our patrons were asking for,” said Holly Teasdle, who has been the Library Director for 21 years.
Located at the corner of 11-Mile and Milford roads – at 26076 Milford Road – the library moved south about three-quarters of a mile. The previous 6,000-square-foot structure, which included the community center and event space, opened in the 1980s with bathrooms and study rooms.
The new building has four study rooms, two public meeting rooms, a separate children’s area, a teen area, a children’s event space, an outdoor reading area on a patio under a pergola, a public computing space, a genealogy and local history room, a large event space that holds 250 people and 75,000 items available to check out in different formats. The event space can be split with a room divider, so two events happen at the same time, Teasdle explained.
Some of the items that can be checked out of the library include books, DVDs, discovery kits for children, special items for adults such as bird watching kits, magazines and audio books as well as access to digital materials such as electronic audio books, ebooks, streaming movies and TV shows you can check out through different aps with your library cards. In addition, people can check out Internet hot spots.
Designed by Quinn Evans Architects, the structure features two gabled areas with high peaks and wood ceilings, Teasdle described, as well as a color palette with blues and greens and a lot of windows to offer natural night and views of nature.
Plans for the library started in the early 2000s. The project lost a bond measure in 2004 and another in 2016 before winning a $13 million bond issue in November of 2022. A $15 million undertaking, the township contributed $2.5 million to help with the infrastructure costs including the parking lot, and is in the process of building a park on the site.
The new library has a drive-up drop box where patrons can return items as well as a pick-up window for items people call in advance and request. Since the venture tripled in size, the library hired eight people, bringing the number of staff members to 22.
Construction started in December of 2024.
“There was no place for people to sit down, read or study,” Teasdle said of the previous building, which closed on May 4. “Now we have all these beautiful places in the library where people can sit and study and have a meeting. It seems like the residents and the families are taking advantage of it.”
Teasdle added, “I love watching the look on people’s faces when they walk through the door.”
The summer reading kickoff event will take place on June 27 and on July 18, the library will have a grand opening.
For more information, go to www.ltpl.org, where you can see the full calendar, register and sign up for a library card.
