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Beloit Public Library outlines Discovery Place plan, seeks $3.15 million in private support after $3.9M state grant
Summary
Library director Nick Dimasas presented the Discovery Place early-learning center plan: a roughly 15,000 sq ft free, research-based children’s learning center. The project has a $3.89–$3.9 million state grant and a $4.15 million total cost; the library has raised $1 million so far and is launching a capital campaign to raise the remainder.
Nick Dimasas, director of the Beloit Public Library, told the City Council on May 20 that the library is moving ahead with Discovery Place, a 15,000-square-foot early-learning center designed for children ages 0–6 and their caregivers. Bids for a general contractor were out and the library had chosen a designer, Lucy Creative, Dimasas said.
Dimasas said the project has secured a state grant of roughly $3.89–$3.9 million that creates the physical space and allows the library to expand the children’s area and add six classrooms, two telehealth rooms and other spaces. The total estimated cost for Discovery Place was $4,150,000, he…
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