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Greater Hartford Gives Foundation pitches partnership, signage and occasional meetings at Simsbury library
Summary
Representatives from the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation told the Simsbury Library Board they want a more visible regional presence, proposing entrance signage, occasional use of meeting rooms for donor and nonprofit meetings, and a potential annual grant or maintenance payment; trustees asked staff to define the relationship before any signage decision.
Brad Pas, vice president for communications and marketing at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation, told the Simsbury Library Board of Trustees on April 20 that the foundation — which updated its public name from Hartford Foundation for Public Giving on Jan. 1 — wants a more visible partnership with towns across its 29-town region.
Pas said the foundation’s outreach would include volunteer community funds committees in each town and occasional, local meetings of staff and volunteers. “We set up these…
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