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Library foundation offers $60,000 pledge as board weighs $200K–$300K children’s-area redesign
Summary
A foundation representative told the Franklin Public Library Board the foundation can commit $60,000 toward a proposed children’s-area redo and urged joint planning; trustees heard a rough project estimate of $200,000–$300,000 and discussed staging and naming-rights as donor incentives.
Dennis, a long-serving member of the Franklin Library Foundation board, told trustees on March 23 that the foundation is prepared to support a proposed redesign of the library’s children’s area but needs the library board to sign off on scope and priorities first. “What I’m here for really is to talk about possible fundraising for the redo of the children’s area,” Dennis said, explaining the foundation’s fundraising experience and history dating to 1992.
Dennis said the foundation…
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