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What Is the Future of the Central Library?

April 16th, 2009 Tana

A Public Forum and Presentation of Alternatives
Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Capitol Lakes Retirement, Grand Hall - 333 W. Main Street.

Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc., invites Madison residents to an open forum to discuss the future of Madison’s Central Library. The City has received two proposals for construction of a new Central Library and has contracted for a study of the options for renovating the current facility.

This will be a chance to hear presentations about each of the options and to engage in a discussion on the merits of each. Community input is vital to assessing the future of the Central Library. This is your chance to become informed and to inform the decision makers.

• 6:30 - 7:00 Open House - Viewing of posters of the proposals
• 7:00 - 8:00 Developer, renovation, and fundraising presentations
• 8:00 - 9:00 Public discussion

Speakers will include representatives from the two development teams, T. Wall Properties and The Fiore Companies, and from HGA Architects and Engineers, who prepared the renovation study. Public fundraising will be required with any of the options, and the Madison Public Library Foundation will present information on the potential of these opportunities.

A significant portion of the forum will be devoted to a community discussion of the future of the Central Library as portrayed by these three options. All are invited to join us in this important discussion.

More information on the two developer proposals. The October 29, 2008 Capitol Neighborhoods forum The Role of Madison’s Central Library can be viewed on the Madison City Channel 12 website.

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