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New Canaan Library Forms Capital Campaign Committee for New Facility
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Library officials say they’ve taken a big step toward fundraising for a widely anticipated rebuilt facility by forming a capital campaign committee. Even before formally launching the campaign, two local donors have generously given $250,000 to get the library going, Director Lisa Oldham said. Working within a budget of about $25 million—that’s how much the library can expect to raise, according to a feasibility study completed in the fall—the new building will approximately double the facility’s usable space. As it is now, about one-third of the approximately 37,000-square-foot library is unusable, Oldham said. “And that’s a really big deal for parents and children,” she said.