The Nordonia Hills Library Split Into Five Addresses for the Year. Passports Didn't Make the Move.

The Nordonia Hills Branch Library on Olde Eight Road held its farewell on Saturday, August 1, 2026, and closed for renovation after that day. The Akron-Summit County Public Library says it will reopen in summer 2027. It has not given an exact date. In the meantime the branch has spread across Macedonia, Northfield and Richfield. Storytime is in a city building, the mystery book club is in a church, teen game nights are at a board game shop, and returns go to a trailer in the branch's own parking lot.

Nearly every service has a temporary home within a short drive. One does not. Nordonia Hills was the only branch in the Akron-Summit County system that processed passport applications, according to Scriptype. That one service also explains a large part of how the building is being redesigned.

The service that had nowhere nearby to go

The branch page now gives passport questions one phone number: the Tech Zone at Main Library in Akron, 330.643.9145. No temporary passport desk is listed at the trailer, the City Center or Richfield. The library says its meeting rooms and most branch services are unavailable until the branch reopens.

So the closure barely affects some routines. Storytime moved a few miles. Passport service has no listed location in the Nordonia Hills area at all. If an application is on your list before next summer, call the Tech Zone first to find out where and how it can be handled.

The renovation plans point the same way. Among the few real layout changes is a dedicated passport room. Scriptype reported that the room is planned specifically because Nordonia is the system's only passport branch. The service that has no stand-in this year is getting its own space in 2027.

Where everything else went

The rest of the branch's work now lives at five addresses. Here is the map for November and early December 2026:

Each of these sites matches what it's hosting. A community room in a city building works for storytime. A board game store already has tables set up for play. A church's Wesley Room suits a book club that has met for years. Richfield is the next closest library in the system, so the computers and copiers moved there.

The trailer keeps the branch's own lot in use

The Book Trailer has run since August 11, with Saturday hours added starting August 15. Branch manager Sarah Rosenberger told Scriptype that Nordonia Hills staff run the trailer. Patrons can pick up holds there and browse popular titles, and the outdoor book drop stays open for returns.

Check the pickup location when you place a hold. Holds set for Nordonia can be collected at the trailer. Holds sent to another branch have to be picked up there, during that branch's open hours. The trailer's schedule is narrow, with all day Tuesday and one Saturday a month. If a Tuesday doesn't work for you, Richfield is the practical alternative for pickup.

The trailer staying on Olde Eight Road matters for another reason. Library Director Michelle Alleman described Nordonia Hills as one of the system's highest-circulating branches. "There are big readers in the community," she said, as quoted by Scriptype. A branch with that much borrowing could not simply send its patrons elsewhere for a year.

Tuesday nights at a game store

The teen programs are the clearest example of a program fitting its new site. MV Games is a retail shop for board, card and tabletop games, with tables for in-store play. The library's teen sessions alternate there every Tuesday:

• Teen Magic: The Gathering, first and third Tuesdays: Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 15, 5 to 6 p.m.
• Teen Dungeons & Dragons, second and fourth Tuesdays: Nov. 10, Nov. 24 and Dec. 8, 5 to 6 p.m.

The library calendar lists registration for these sessions. They also land on the same day the Book Trailer runs. On a Tuesday, a family can return books on Olde Eight Road by 6 p.m. and drop a teenager on Northfield Road for the 5 p.m. game.

The Macedonia City Center listings are thinner. The calendar shows Nov. 12 sessions there and no December dates yet. Storytime families should check the library's event calendar before assuming a regular weekly slot.

What the building gets back in summer 2027

The renovation started with the roof. Nordonia was one of the first three branches chosen for work, along with Ellet and Tallmadge, because of roof conditions. Roof replacement was already underway before the August 1 farewell. Cleveland.com reported the project at roughly $6.8 million. The money comes from the 1-mill, 20-year capital bond voters passed in May 2025, which is expected to raise $160 million for the system's "Building Our Future" initiative. Alleman said that money can only be used for capital projects.

David Hogue, a senior associate at Bostwick Design Partnership, presented the new design. Much of the interior layout stays the same. The changes Scriptype reported:

• Two study rooms for four people each, with audio/visual equipment. Study rooms were the most common request in Nordonia's community survey.
• The dedicated passport room.
• A themed children's area, new furniture throughout, and new flooring and AV equipment in the community rooms.
• Eight new computers in the central technology hub.
• A room for the Friends of the Library to use and to host their book sale.
• An entrance that leads straight to the service desk instead of approaching it at an angle.
• More parking, energy-efficient lighting, new signage, and accessibility and landscape improvements.
• A garden around the "Guardian of Reading" statue, with a berm to shield it from the street.

At the town hall, a patron asked about widening the library driveway. Hogue said that is not planned.

Several of the services scattered this year come back together under one roof with dedicated space. Study rooms answer the survey. The Friends book sale gets a permanent room. Passports, the one service this closure left without a local stand-in, get a room built for them. Until then, the trailer runs on Tuesdays, Richfield has the computers, and the Main Library Tech Zone takes the passport calls.

If you're thinking about Macedonia or the wider Nordonia Hills area and want a clear read on what's being invested around you, Tiffany Scavone is happy to walk through it with you. Let's Connect.