Completed Bronson Brookside Library

Bronson Brookside Library, at 4607 S. Madison Place, opened to the public on Oct. 23, 2025 with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and Grand Opening celebration. It is the first library completed as part of the MY Library, OUR Future capital campaign project.

Features include:

  • 15,000sf, over twice the size of the previous Brookside Library
  • Activity Room
  • Huck’s Hideaway Children’s Patio
  • “Outta This World” painting by Patrick Gordon
  • Sanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation Outdoor Adult Reading Space
  • Bronson, Madison, Peoria and Riverside Huddle Rooms
  • Large Community Meeting Room with a capacity of 50
  • Business Center
  • Teen Area with an oversized Everbright board
  • Drive-Up Service Window

Major donors of Bronson Brookside Library:

  • Bob & Leslie Pritchard
  • The Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation
  • The Helmerich Trust
  • Sanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation
  • Hardesty Family Foundation

Construction management company for Bronson Brookside Library: