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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.
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