Library Board Advances $93.6 Million Millage

The Capital Area District Library (CADL) board recently approved a proposal to place a millage on the Aug.ust 5 ballot that would ask voters to fund $93.6 million in improvements and expansions to Ingham County libraries.

According to excerpts from the article:

"The cost is not that high, and we would hope that people would see how important this could be to their community," CADL Director Sue Hill said after the board passed the ballot item. "This is a great opportunity for us. Our services have just grown and grown and grown, and our buildings haven't."

Lansing resident Debra Hinkle, 44, said she welcomes the new proposed millage, which could mean an improved downtown Lansing branch where her twin sons, Calvin and Elijah, do homework, use computers and receive tutoring.

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