Link to December 10 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, "Council pledge of $1 million will spark Fox Chapel library construction".Excerpt: Andrew Carnegie and Benjamin Franklin provided some of the inspiration for efforts to build a new regional library in Fox Chapel, organizers say.
Their names were invoked by two speakers at a press conference this week to announce that Fox Chapel Council had donated $1 million toward the $6 million campaign.
The event was held Tuesday morning at the site of the proposed library on Fox Chapel Road, next door to the borough building. Fox Chapel had agreed previously to donate land for the structure.
The new gift from the borough will permit the start of construction in spring 2010, officials said.
A new regional library will improve the quality of life in all communities in the Fox Chapel Area School District, borough Mayor Harry McLaughlin Jr. said. It also will carry out the project's mission statement, "To cultivate a community of lifelong learners," he said.
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