<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div> <!--StartFragment--><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">Hello to everyone</span><br></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">We were briefed <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2107_com_zimbra_date">last Thursday</span> by Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and her Staff <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2108_com_zimbra_date">last Thursday</span> that our Federal Grant under the Community Funded Projects provision of the 2022 Federal Budget was approved. </span></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">We are receiving a $500, 000 Appropriation to match our current building fund so that we can start planning to begin breaking ground on our new library sometime later this summer or early fall. </span></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">My Board and I are completely psyched and thrilled by this development and thank our patrons who wrote letters to Congress and thank them for their support over the many years this project has been a dream. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">We are grateful to Ms. Slotkin and Ms. Laura Murphy, her Field Representative for their support and belief in us. </span><br></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">We are still facing final zoning and site plan approval before the Addison Township Board next week, but we believe that we have all our legwork done on that as well.</span><br></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">We are still accepting donations for Buy-a-Brick from the community. ...but we have crossed our boundary toward breaking ground... </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">This will be the first ever building this library owns. It will be across the street at 1501 Rochester Road.</span><br></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;">Yay!</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></div><br><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt">Dennis Hillers, MSLIS</span><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt">Director</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt">Addison Township Public Library</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt"><span class="LrzXr">1400 Rochester Rd</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt">Lakeville, MI <span class="LrzXr">48367</span><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt">dhillers@tln.lib.mi.us<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt"><span class="LrzXr zdqRlf kno-fv"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=addison+township+library#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(248) 628-7180</a></span></span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt">Pronouns: he/him/his</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt"><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">letsbuildalibrary.org<span style="font-size:13pt"> </span></span> <br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'terminal' , 'monaco';font-size:16pt"><br></span></div></div></div></body></html>