Good afternoon, I am hoping that some of you can provide me with examples of ways that your local DDA has provided financial support to your library or otherwise partnered with you. Any examples you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jessica -- Jessica Keyser, Director Ferndale Public Library 222 East Nine Mile Road Ferndale, MI 48220 (248) 547-6000 (248) 545-5840 fax jkeyser@ferndalepubliclibrary.org
Jessica - We have an unusual story to share. Brighton District Library sits within the Brighton DDA boundaries but we are NOT subject to tax capture by the DDA. We have a cordial relationship with the City of Brighton, one of the four political units within our service area. Although it took some time, and some politicking by members of the DDA committee who had already made personal donations themselves, the Brighton DDA made a $1,000 leadership level donation to the Library's $13,000 Light the Way capital campaign to replace the 13 bollard lights at our entryway. As Matt Modrack, the DDA exec director said, the Library is an activity center in the community and it makes sense to help the Library keep the community safe by donating to the lighting project. And it didn't hurt the DDA to be included in both the radio and the newspaper stories which followed, for the Mayor to be one of those speaking at the lighting dedication ceremony, and to have the DDA gift noted by the donor plaque on their "very own light". -- Nancy Nancy B. Johnson, Ph.D. Director, Brighton District Library (810) 229-6571, ext. 203 nbjohnson@brightonlibrary.info On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Jessica Keyser < jkeyser@ferndalepubliclibrary.org> wrote:
Good afternoon,
I am hoping that some of you can provide me with examples of ways that your local DDA has provided financial support to your library or otherwise partnered with you. Any examples you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Jessica
-- Jessica Keyser, Director Ferndale Public Library 222 East Nine Mile Road Ferndale, MI 48220 (248) 547-6000 (248) 545-5840 fax jkeyser@ferndalepubliclibrary.org
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We have a very unique relationship with our DDA as they helped secure the purchase of our property prior to a bond sale. They then made a pledge to pay $30,000 each year for 20 years to help reduce the millage rate for our new bond millage. The $30,000 is about what they capture from our millages. Now, this relationship has worked out well, until the last few years when the property values have decreased and they did not have enough money to pay their own bonds and pay their pledge.... This does not sit well with many people, but the DDA board has "stated" they will continue their pledge after their bond is paid off next year. We will see.... We also partner with the DDA to bring a children's concert to the concert in the park series in the summer. This amounts to us writing a grant to pay for the musician, and the DDA providing a lovely outdoor venue and lots of publicity. All in all, it is hard to get dollars from them, but the director is very supportive and helps with non cash support like publicity and planning assistance. Although I know DDA's are quite controversial, ours is here for a while, so we make the best of it and work with them when we can. They are quite supportive and seem to understand the value of the library downtown. Val Valerie Meyerson, Library Director Charlevoix Public Library, MI 231.237.7360 Please consider the environment before printing this message. From: michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org] On Behalf Of Jessica Keyser Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 5:15 PM To: michlib-l@mail.mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] DDA and library partnerships Good afternoon, I am hoping that some of you can provide me with examples of ways that your local DDA has provided financial support to your library or otherwise partnered with you. Any examples you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jessica -- Jessica Keyser, Director Ferndale Public Library 222 East Nine Mile Road Ferndale, MI 48220 (248) 547-6000 (248) 545-5840 fax jkeyser@ferndalepubliclibrary.org<mailto:jkeyser@ferndalepubliclibrary.org>
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