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“ComEd OKs $33M for new library” – April 2017

April 24, 2017Andrew

Source: Rockford Register Star April 20, 2017

Source: Rockford Register Star, April 20, 2017

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Buildings, City Council, Environmental, Financial, General, Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Rockford Public Library, Utilities "huge game-changer for downtown", 1856 - 1898, 214 N Church St., 215 N Main St., agreement to spend up to $33 million, April 2017, build state-of-the-art modern library, ComEd, Commonnweth Edison, Corina Curry, Ed Geeser, Engeberg Anderson Architects of Milwaukee, environmental cleanup, environmental remediation, front-facing book displays, Gary Anderson Architects of Rockford, George Gaulrapp, Illinois Environmental Agency, incredible opportunity, John Groh, library spent $300 000 to buy temporary location, makerspace, manufactured-gas plant, money comes from environmental line fee on all ComEd bills, new downtown library, project been n the works since 2010, removed contaminated soil, Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Rockford city council, Rockford Gas Light and Coke, Rockford mayor Larry Morrissey, Rockford Public Library Board President Paul Logli, up to nearly $4 million to renovate temporary location

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