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Committee Activities

If you would like to participate on any of these committees, please contact Anne Frost at 867-3355.
 
BUILDING COMMITTEE
  

In 2006 the Library had received a $550,000 grant from the state and a $346,000 grant from the Federal

government through the HUD program to initiate the library building program.
 
During 2007 the Library Building Committee sought additional input from the Placitas community. The

Library Board is deeply grateful to all the many residents who responded with their ideas and suggestions.
 
Quantitative and qualitative analyses were done of the responses by two Placitas residents, Rebecca

Watson-Boone Ph.D, library and information science specialist, and Jim Bryden a specialist in technology

coordination.
 
A larger building committee was then created that included members from the community who brought

different planning and construction expertise or represented demographic aspects of the community. A

request for proposals from architectural firms was created. It specified the building objectives and essential

planning criteria as well as the responsibilities of the architect.
 
An architect selection committee was formed with 4 representatives from the Library Building Committee

and 2 from the county. After careful evaluation based on the criteria in the RFP, the firm of SMPC Architects

was chosen to design the building.
 
In October the Library applied for a conditional use permit from the county Planning and Zoning

Commission. Many Placitas residents sent supporting letters and also attended the hearing. The request

was approved unanimously.
 
The library management team has created an interior design committee that is working in conjunction

with the architects. This committee will also do the selection of furnishings. The Architect is creating a

landscape design together with several representatives from the library building committee and the community.

The new library now nears completion through herculean efforts by a great many people; many of them volunteers.

  When it is completed, a final summation will be posted.


 

Look for our sign next to the Fire Station!  Thank you to Meg Leonard and E.T. LaFore for this wonderful

sign and watch our new library come to life.

 

 


 
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
 
Our Mission: The purpose of the Friends of the Placitas Community Library is to promote, enhance and

expand the presence of the library for the benefit of the community as a whole. The library is staffed

entirely by volunteers without whom it could not be what it is today, and cannot progress to what it can

be tomorrow. We invite volunteers to help in efforts to develop financial resources and programs, create

public awareness and serve as advocates for the library.
 

Join us in celebrating the library's past by becoming part of its future.

How do we do that?

We raise all of the operating expenses by:

*Annual Membership Drive

*Sales of book bags and mugs

*Participation in the annual Placitas Appreciation Day, Placitas Holiday Sale and flea markets

*Participation in the annual Albuquerque Road Runners race

*Books on the Bosque"...dinner/auction held every two years...next is September 2010

*NEW!!!! Harvest Hoe-Down to be held September 2009.

*Sales of cookbook, Menus From The Mesa

 
GRANT COMMITTEE
 
The grants committee researches sources of funding, applies for grants for library operations and special

programs and ensures grant requirements are met. If you are interested in participating on this committee,

please contact JoAnne Fredrikson.
 
JoAnne Fredrikson, Grant Committee Chair - leave a message at the library at 867-3355.