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Title	Walnut Creek Library [electronic resource].
Publisher	Contra Costa County Library.
Description	Walnut Creek Library Chronology: Women’s Improvement Club organizes the Walnut Creek Free Library (July 1911). Walnut Creek Library joins the Contra Costa County Library (October 9, 1913). Carnegie Corporation announces grant of $2500 for construction of a library building in Walnut Creek (1915). Burgess Company donates lot on Main Street for library site (1916). Walnut Creek Branch Library dedication (August 22, 1916). County Board of Supervisors establishes County Service Area LIB-3 to finance construction of a library building on city-owned property. Groundbreaking (June 21, 1960). Dedication of the new Walnut Creek Library (March 19, 1961). Walnut Creek voters pass Measure Q allowing the City to collect $22 per year per residential parcel to expand library hours at both Walnut Creek libraries and to provide additional programs and materials (March 5, 2002). Walnut Creek Library Foundation formally announces its intention to raise $5 million for the new Library (2007). City Council awards construction contract to West Bay Builders (2008). Library moves operations to Park Place, a small outlet in Walnut Creek’s Civic Park, to provide library services for the duration of construction (2008 – 2010). Walnut Creek Library opens on time and under budget (July 17, 2010).
Physical Description	1 photograph : digital, JPG file
Subject	Walnut Creek (Calif.) -- History -- Photographs. Library buildings -- History -- Walnut Creek (Calif.) -- Photographs. Local history -- Contra Costa County (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Subject Genre/Form	Photographs.
Date	2013-06-13
Provenance	Contra Costa County Library.
Photography by	Philip Liborio Gangi.
Item Access	Visit http://ccclib.org/ for more information.
Image Format	.jpg
Permissions	http://ccclib.org/policies/RememberGoCopyrightNotice.html
Rights Holder	Melinda Cervantes 925-608-7700 libadmin@ccclib.org
Collection Name	Your Library - the First Hundred Years and Beyond
Tag	wcl_libphotos_building_06m

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