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Tulsa City-County Library

Launches Campaign

LIBRARY CAMPAIGNE: Tulsa city officials, community leaders and

employees of the Tulsa Regional Chamber recently gathered at the site of

Tulsa Central Library, located in downtown Tulsa, for the announcement

of the launch of the “Tulsa Central Library Renewed” fundraising

campaign.

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The Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Library Trust announced recently the

launch of the public phase of the “Tulsa Central Library Renewed” fundraising

campaign, with a goal of raising $1 million from the Tulsa community. The

campaign will renovate Tulsa Central Library into a state-of-the-art, learner-

driven, technology-centered facility designed to meet the needs of 21st century

visitors.

The overall cost for the renovation of the Central Library will be finalized this

summer but is estimated at $50 million. With a lead gift from The Bezalel

Fund/Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, the Tulsa Library

Trust has raised $28 million to date, engaging dozens of corporations,

foundations and individuals to help achieve the fundraising goal.

Through prudent stewardship of its funds, Tulsa City-County Library has

committed $15 million toward the capital investment. Additionally, the Tulsa

voters approved a capital improvement package that included $10 million for the

Central Library.

“The journey to reconstruct and update Central Library is integral to our

community’s urban renaissance,” says Robert J. LaFortune, Tulsa Central

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Library Renewed chairman. “Private donors have generously contributed in a

very significant way, but a gap still exists to raise adequate funds needed for

construction. Today we ask the citizens of Tulsa to join us in bringing into

reality a new Tulsa Central Library.”

More than 10,000 people visit Tulsa libraries every day, with 1,100 alone visiting

Tulsa Central Library. For the past five decades, Central Library has served as a

beacon for the Tulsa City-County Library by providing the support services for

the entire system of 25 buildings.

The two-year renovation will enable Central Library to make critical updates to

its systems, infrastructure, technology and façade. Once complete, Central

Library will be a vibrant, contemporary home in the heart of Tulsa where people

can come to access multimedia knowledge and information, first-rate programs,

learning and skills-building opportunities, and spaces to convene and

collaborate.

The public phase of the fundraising campaign begins now with a goal of raising

$1 million.

There are several ways for Tulsa citizens to contribute to the fundraising

campaign.

There will be two fundraising events benefiting “Tulsa Central Library

Renewed.”

Eat Bread to Raise Dough: June 5, from 4–8 p.m., at two Panera Bread locations

(41st and Hudson; 15th and Utica). Bring a flier, available in the library’s event

guide or printable from www.tulsalibrary.org, and Panera Bread will donate a

percentage of its sales to the campaign.

Speakeasy: June 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The Mayo Hotel Penthouse Rooftop Bar

and Lounge, 115 W. Fifth St. Provide the password “Library” to enjoy cocktails,

canapés, music and dancing. Flappers and lounge lizards are welcome.

Librarium at 11th and Denver will continue to serve library customers during the

two-year renovation.

For more information on how you can support the Tulsa Library Trust’s “Central

Library Renewed Capital Campaign,” call Janis Updike Walker, Tulsa Library

Trust executive director, 918-398-6644, or email, [email protected].

Updated 05-28-2014

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