APRIL 22, 2015 VOL. 7 ISSUE 21
Month-long series of events promote environmental sustainability
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SCHOOLS District 58 honors retiring school board member Liz Davis served 12 years on board of education
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NEWS Downers Grove park District to acquire 14.8 acres Park board approves purchase of property on Ogden and Walnut
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POLICE Man charged with DuI in accident that killed 94-year-old Downers Grove woman also injured during fatal accident
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SPORTS Kaminsky NcAA poY Lisle native has successful senior season at Wisconsin
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Woodridge Public Library’s $2 million renovation to address changing needs of patrons BY JOAN RYKAL | FOR THE BUGLE
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hile the public library is still the place to find your favorite book and locate a multitude of resources, patrons are finding many more uses for the library these days. It can be a meeting place for families, small businesses and community groups, or serve as a quiet place to study or work outside of the office. For those reasons and many more, the woodridge public Library expects a planned $2 million renovation to be positively received by patrons. “patrons are using the library in different ways, including as a ‘home-office’ and for distance learning,” Library Administrator Susan McNeil-Marshall said, noting that study rooms had more than 4,000 users in 2014. Renovations are scheduled to begin this summer, and McNeil-Marshall said they are the result of the library’s Long Range plan, as well as feedback from a community survey and community focus groups. Included in the renovation will be additional study rooms, a computer commons area in the adult and teen department, and changes to the children’s department, including a discovery area, early literacy area, more space and comfortable seating. “we are seeing that, regardless of age, patrons are using the library as a gathering place, whether it is younger families meeting for a program, high school or college students meeting to study or small business employees meeting with partners or clients,” said patti Naisbitt, public relations and program coordinator for the library. See ‘LIBRARY’ on page 5
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First-second floor renderings of the $2 million renovation scheduled to begin in the summer.