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New Canaan Library seeks $1 million town pledge to unlock state construction matching grant
Summary
Library CEO Ellen Cravato asked the Board of Finance to include a $1,000,000 capital grant in the town’s five-year plan to support a roughly $2,000,000 redevelopment of the preserved 'legacy building'; she said a municipal commitment would make the library eligible to apply for up to $1,000,000 in Connecticut State Public Library construction grant funds and that a June 1 letter-of-intent is part of the timing.
Ellen Cravato, CEO of the New Canaan Library, asked the Board of Finance to include a $1,000,000 town commitment in the five-year capital plan to support redevelopment of the library’s preserved legacy building.
"We can ask today for a town grant of about $1,000,000, which would be 50% of the cost of that going forward," Cravato said, describing a preliminary design and an estimated build-out cost of approximately $2,000,000. She said a municipal pledge would strengthen the library’s application for Connecticut State Public Library construction…
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