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Article: Seed funding puts Altadena Library renovation on track
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- Pasadena Star-News
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- July 29, 2009
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ALTADENA - Boosted by $400,000 in start-up money from federal
stimulus funds, fund-raising for Altadena Library's $20 million to
$24 million expansion will begin in earnest next month.
Forming the nonprofit Altadena Library Foundation in August will
be the first step toward raising $1 million in "seed money" to start
the project, said Dale LaCasella, president of the library's board
of trustees.
"This is not a bake-sale-and-art-show project, and we know that,"
LaCasella said. "We got the $400,000, our first big infusion, and
we're really excited about it. We'll probably hire a (professional)
fund-raiser to help us, but it's going to be self-raised, whatever
grants, etc., we get."
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