BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//172.64.80.1//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Chadds Ford Live X-WR-CALDESC:Building Community - One Story at a Time X-FROM-URL:https://chaddsfordlive.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-193759@chaddsfordlive.com DTSTAMP:20240328T100040Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Kennett Library Board of Trustees will host a groundbreakin g for the new Kennett Library and Resource Center on Thursday\, Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. It will take place at the location of the new building\, the corne r of State and Willow Streets in the Borough of Kennett Square. All are we lcome to attend.\n\n\n“For over 20 years community members have planned\, worked\, and dreamt about a new regional library and now in 2021 that drea m will become a reality\, said Board President Jeff Yetter in a press rele ase. “The Kennett Library is both a knowledge sanctuary and a community ce nter. It is the soul of our community. It doesn’t matter who you are or wh at your background\, the library welcomes you and has something for you.” \n\n\nThe Kennett Library serves as a literacy center for everyone from in fants to seniors. In addition to the core services of any library\, there are storytimes\, in both English and Spanish to entertain and promote earl y literacy\; there are ESL\, U.S. Citizenship\, and GED classes. In the la st two years\, the library helped 24 community residents become U.S. citiz ens.\n\n\nThe Kennett Library has served the community for more than 125 y ears in just two buildings. The current building\, built in 1961 is outdat ed\, has a basic lack of space for both materials and activities\, the fac ility’s antiquated core systems — utilities\, parking\, access\, storage\, etc. — are seriously deficient.\n\n\nHighlights of the new building inclu de a 110-seat auditorium\; Bayard Taylor Conference Room\; children’s make r space\; adult maker space\; two classrooms\; one multipurpose room\; fou r tutor rooms\; quiet and reflection room\; computer carrels\; several qui et reading areas\; and an outdoor terrace.\n\n\nThanks to a core set of vo lunteers\, many of them who came before us\, we are now in the early stage of building a new library that will serve the community for another 50 ye ars and longer. Thanks to our donors and supporters\, both past and presen t\, the Capital Campaign has raised 60 percent of the $20 million-goal nee ded to build the state-of-the-art library and resource center. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T090000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Library Dedication URL:https://chaddsfordlive.com/event/library-dedication/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nThe Kennett Library Board of Trustees will host a groundbreaking for the new Kennett Library and Resource Center on Thursday\, Aug. 12 at 9 a. m. It will take place at the location of the new building\, the corner of State and Willow Streets in the Borough of Kennett Square. All are welcome to attend.
\n“For over 20 years communit y members have planned\, worked\, and dreamt about a new regional library and now in 2021 that dream will become a reality\, said Board President Je ff Yetter in a press release. “The Kennett Library is both a knowledge san ctuary and a community center. It is the soul of our community. It doesn’t matter who you are or what your background\, the library welcomes you and has something for you.”
\nThe Kennett Li brary serves as a literacy center for everyone from infants to seniors. In addition to the core services of any library\, there are storytimes\, in both English and Spanish to entertain and promote early literacy\; there a re ESL\, U.S. Citizenship\, and GED classes. In the last two years\, the l ibrary helped 24 community residents become U.S. citizens.
\nThe Kennett Library has served the community for more than 125 years in just two buildings. The current building\, built in 1961 is outdated\, has a basic lack of space for both materials and activities \, the facility’s antiquated core systems — utilities\, parking\, access\, storage\, etc. — are seriously deficient.
\n\nHighlights of the new building include a 110-seat auditorium\; Bayard Taylor Conference Room\; children’s maker space\; adult maker space\; two classrooms\; one multipurpose room\; four tutor rooms\; quiet and reflecti on room\; computer carrels\; several quiet reading areas\; and an outdoor terrace.
\nThanks to a core set of volunt eers\, many of them who came before us\, we are now in the early stage of building a new library that will serve the community for another 50 years and longer. Thanks to our donors and supporters\, both past and present\, the Capital Campaign has raised 60 percent of the $20 million-goal needed to build the state-of-the-art library and resource center.
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