March 11, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

U.S. Senate Passes Historic FY 2022 Omnibus Spending Bill

Last night the United States Senate voted 68 – 31 to approve the FY 2022 Omnibus Spending Bill. President Biden is expected to sign it into law in the coming days.

Included in that Bill is a request for $500,000.00 to go toward the construction of Addison Township’s first Library building.

It’s been an incredible honor to have had our project chosen for this funding. Not all of the “Community Funded Projects” brought before the Senate received all of the funding which was requested. Ours did. According to Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin — “our project made the final cut based on the strength of our application and the broad support shown by the community.” We expect to receive the funds within 6-months.

Work will begin on the new library as soon as possible.

Visit www.letsbuildalibrary.org to learn more about the project and how you can get involved..

Contact: James Baldiga
President, Addison Twp. Board of Trustees
Email: jamesbaldiga@gmail.com
Phone: (248) 736-0578

December 17, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On December 2, 2021 the U.S. House and Senate approved a Continuing Resolution to extend the deadline for ratification of the 2022 Federal Budget.  The President signed it on December 3rd. The 2022 Federal budget includes the Appropriations Bill which the Addison Township Library’s “Community Funded Project” is a part of.  The new deadline to approve the budget is February 18, 2022.

Previously, the budget was scheduled to be approved by the end of December 2021. 

Here is a link to the complete list of all “Community Funded Projects” in the Bill.

https://appropriations.house.gov  

It’s an incredible honor to have had our project chosen for this funding. We remain hopeful that our project, along with all of the other Community Funded projects remain in the Appropriations bill. Funding in full or in part helps us reach our goal to build the first community owned library facility in the history of Addison Township, thus powering our potential to improve literacy, education and technology for the whole community.

Visit www./letsbuildalibrary.org/ to learn more about the project and how you can get involved!

July 19, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Township Library Project Makes it Into House FY2022 Appropriations Bill

Township Library officials learned late last week that their “Community Project Funding” request for $500k has made it out of the U. S. House Appropriations Committee and into the House FY2022 Appropriations Bill. The Bill still needs to be ratified by both the House and Senate which is not expected until late this year.

Things could change in the Bill, but it’s important to acknowledge the significance of the Library’s request making it out of Committee and into the Bill.

Here is a link to the complete list of all “Community Funded Projects” in the Bill.

https://appropriations.house.gov   

It must be stated that only ten projects can be selected for consideration and that not all ten will be successfully funded. 

On behalf of Addison Township, we feel honored to be selected for the next stage of consideration. Funding in full or in part helps us reach our goal to build the first community owned library facility in the history of Addison Township, thus powering our potential to exponentially improve literacy, education and technology for the whole community!

For more information and to watch our progress, go to www.letsbuildalibrary.org.