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ROWAN COUNTY
A COUNTY COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE

130 West Innes Street - Salisbury, NC 28144
TELEPHONE: 704-216-8180 * FAX: 704-216-8195

 

MEMO TO COMMISSIONERS:

FROM:
Ann Kitalong-Will, Director, Grants Admin/Gov't Relations; Melissa Oleen, Director, RPL
DATE:
5/3/23
SUBJECT:
GRANT AGREEMENT: Accept funding for RPL from the Blanche & Julian Robertson Foundation

The Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation as awarded a second grant to the Rowan Public Library in the amount of $30,000. The funds will support the Salisbury Post Morgue Preservation Project (SPMPP) to digitize the archival material owned by the Salisbury Post. The SPMPP is an on-going collaboration between RPL and the Post to preserve these important historical documents and make them easily available to the public and historians.

Recommendation:

1.  Approve accepting the funds awarded to Rowan Public Library from the Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation. 

2. Approve the attached BA to recognize the grant funds from Robertson Family Foundation to the Library.



ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateType
Award Notification5/3/2023Exhibit
Award Acceptance5/3/2023Exhibit
Budget Amendment 5/5/2023Cover Memo