Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Sutton Library fundraising effort boosted

Mat-Su | Patty Sullivan | Wednesday, December 21, 2011

suttonlibraryDec2011MAT-SU— The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance Tues. night that will send $60,000 in donations for the Sutton Library And Resource Center project. BP Alaska donated $50,000 and Friends of the Sutton Library raised $10,000, after many fundraising activities.

The grant from BP will fund the Community Meeting room.  Assembly Member Warren Keogh and former Assembly Member Lynne Woods were instrumental in acquiring the grant. That room will be named after BP and will be used as a gathering place for the community, for lectures, speakers, invited authors and other valuable events.

Photo by Stefan Hinman/MSB. The library project in December.

NOTE: This press release was corrected. Originally it said the ordinance had already passed. The Assembly will consider the ordinance in January.

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