Hall County library officials are getting started on the initial phases of a major renovation of the Gainesville library branch, located off the downtown square, and are seeking up to $2 million from the state legislature this year to supplement special purpose local option sales tax revenue to fund the project. “We are still in a very early stage with this,” said Mark Pettitt, chairman of the library Board of Trustees. “At this point, the most important item for us regarding the construction project is securing the state funding during the legislative session so that we can move forward and hopefully break ground in 2018.”