{"id":27471,"date":"2018-11-12T09:11:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T14:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=27471"},"modified":"2018-11-12T09:11:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T14:11:45","slug":"commissioners-make-450k-investment-in-coatesville-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=27471","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners make $450K investment in Coatesville Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8513\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Coatesville-Library-check-presentation-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8513\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8513\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Coatesville-Library-check-presentation-2-350x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chester County Commissioners invest more than $450,000 in Coatesville Area Public Library. From left to right: Pat Bokovitz, Director, Chester County Department of Community Development; County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone; Coatesville Area Public Library Director Penny Williams; County Commissioners Terence Farrell and Michelle Kichline; Nakea Morris, Board President, Coatesville Area Public Library; and Pat Bush, Board Treasurer, Coatesville Area Public Library.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chester County Commissioners Michelle Kichline, Kathi Cozzone and Terence Farrell recently presented a check for $454,121 to representatives of the Coatesville Area Public Library.\u00a0 The funds, made available through a community development block grant, are earmarked for capital improvement projects including upgrades to the HVAC system, energy efficiency and security of the library, as well as improved accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBooks are just the beginning!\u00a0 In the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century, while information availability is abundant, we need a place to collect accurate information, connect to others, and collaborate with our community.\u00a0 The Coatesville Area Public Library is that place,\u201d said Penny Williams, Director of the Library.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only that, but it is also a neutral space that welcomes everyone and it exists to promote personal growth and community pride, adds Williams.\u00a0 \u201cThankfully, we will continue to be that place of pride with the support and funding provided by the Chester County Commissioners for our building renovations.\u00a0 We are happy that they also see the advantages of helping this library thrive in the Coatesville community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nakea Morris, President of the Board of Trustees for the Coatesville Area Public Library noted:\u00a0 \u201cWhen I think about the Coatesville Area Public Library I think community \u2013 the community of all of us striving to learn, grow, dream and become the best we can \u2013 and this library provides all of that, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Coatesville Area Public Library has been serving the city and its surrounding areas since 1877. It was founded by Isabelle Lukens, and over the past 141 years, the library has been housed at a number of locations including rooms at the YMCA, the Benner School, the National Bank of Coatesville and the Braunstein Home. The current purpose-built library, located at 501 East Lincoln Highway, opened in 1974.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chester County Commissioners Michelle Kichline, Kathi Cozzone and Terence Farrell recently presented a check for $454,121 to representatives of the Coatesville Area Public Library.\u00a0 The funds, made available through a community development block grant, are earmarked for capital improvement projects including upgrades to the HVAC system, energy efficiency and security of the library, as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[147,3937],"class_list":["post-27471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county-commissioners","tag-coatesville-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27472,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27471\/revisions\/27472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}