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Ferndale Library Project Receives New $500,000 Challenge Match!
May 9th, 2013The Whatcom Community Foundation announced that a new additional $500,000 matching gift has been pledged to the new Ferndale Library Project by an anonymous donor. According to Mauri Ingram, Community Foundation President and CEO, “The Ferndale community continues to support this project in incredible ways. This latest major gift will match all new donations to the project and make the...READ MORE
Voters Approve Bond by 62%!
May 1st, 2013After a fantastic effort by library supporters, the $550,000 bond has been approved by voters, and Ferndale will soon have a new library. The city has already met with the architects, and they are all working hard to get site preparation underway as soon as possible. What an exciting way to cap off this collaboration between private donors, the Friends...READ MORE
Ferndale Library Bond Scheduled for April 23
March 5th, 2013At their Monday, March 4, meeting the Ferndale City Council approved a request to go before voters for a $550,000 bond for the library. If the bond is approved by 60 percent or more of the voters on April 23, then that amount, plus a partial match from an anonymous donor, will cover the $810,000 still needed to build a...READ MORE
Puget Sound Energy Supports the New Ferndale Library
January 25th, 2013The new Ferndale Library announced that is has received two grants totaling $10,000 in contributions from Puget Sound Energy and the utility’s charitable arm, the Puget Sound Energy Foundation (Foundation). Thanks to a recent matching pledge from a Whatcom Community Foundation donor, the two separate $5,000 gifts from PSE and the Puget Sound Energy Foundation actually generate $20,000 in funding...READ MORE
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