New Bellevue Library

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000" background="045005a0ebgkap.jpg"> <div> New Bellevue Library</div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="044d2b03.jpg"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>Mission</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Facility"><U>Current Facility</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Help Us"><U>Help Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Feedback"><U>Community Feedback</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 171 WIDTH="584"><div> <B>Congratulations!</B></div> <div> <B>They Mayor's recommended budget includes $800,000.00 in funds for architectural services for a NEW LIBRARY IN BELLEVUE!  You did it! </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>On August 16, 2005, the Metro Council passed a budget which includes $800,000 for the initial studies, site selection and architectural design of a new library in Bellevue.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>See the complete </B><A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="August Article"><U><B>Westview article</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04b909d0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="600" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="600"><div> <B>Announcing the</B></div> <div> <B>"</B><B>A Great Community Deserves a Great Library</B><B>"</B></div> <div> <B>Campaign</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 309 WIDTH="600"><div> "A City with a Great Library is a Great City."  So proclaims the home page of the Nashville Public Library <A HREF="http://www.library.nashville.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.library.nashville.org/"><U>website</U></A>.  It then follows that our city's Great Community, Bellevue, deserves a Great Library as well.</div> <bR> <div> The current Bellevue Branch Library is the busiest branch by far in the entire system per square foot.  A recent community <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March Points"><U>survey</U></A> indicates our current facility lacks adequate parking and meeting space, has a limited selection of books, reference materials, CD’s, videos, magazines & periodicals and computer terminals, all due to the inadequate size of the facility. </div> <bR> <div> A short while ago, Nashville upgraded the Main downtown library and many of the other regional branches.  For whatever reason, Bellevue was excluded from the expansion projects, even though it was on the original list.  Bellevue is still waiting for a branch adequately sized for it's needs.  In a May 2002 survey conducted by Providence Associates Inc. for the Metro Public Library, Bellevue was identified as the #1 community still lacking in adequate service.</div> <bR> <div> It's time that the Nashville Metro Council and the Mayor meet the needs of the citizens of Bellevue by taking the advice of the Nashville Public Library Board of Trustees and approve funding for a new or expanded branch facility in Bellevue. </div> <bR> <div> If you agree, <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Help Us"><U>click here</U></A> to see how you can help us.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>