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University City Regional Library’s Around the World in 21 Branches Event
Join us at the SECOND STOP on the Around the World in 21 Branches Festival Tour!
Principal Foundation Invests $500K in Charlotte’s New Main Library
A relatively new investor in the Charlotte region, their gift will be used as a challenge to the entire Charlotte Mecklenburg Library community during Around the World in 21 Branches, a traveling festival promoting the campaign.
North County Regional Library’s Around the World in 21 Branches Event
North County Regional Library is the FIRST STOP on the Around the World in 21 Branches Festival Tour. Learn more about the traveling festival here.
CommonSpark leadership’s 2023 update highlights another successful year
The CommonSpark campaign leadership is so thankful for your support and encouragement as we continued to guide and fuel this…
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Nucor Corporation Invests $1M In Charlotte’s New Main Library
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation takes great pleasure in announcing a $1 million investment from Nucor Corporation to The CommonSpark Campaign. The Charlotte-based corporation is one of North America’s most sustainable steel companies, already meeting the emission benchmarks set by the 2030 Paris Climate Agreement.
The Leon Levine Foundation Invests $1M In Charlotte’s New Main Library
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation is delighted to announce the generous investment of $1 million from The Leon Levine Foundation to The CommonSpark campaign. A longtime Library supporter and early Library Foundation investor, The Leon Levine Foundation’s values of leadership and opportunity align with the Library’s position as a cornerstone of the community, a place that is open to all.
Novant Health and Charlotte Mecklenburg Library announce $1 million investment, community well-being partnership
Novant Health and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library are excited to announce a strategic partnership to address social determinants of health, advance health equity and create sustainable impact across our communities. Novant Health will make a $1 million investment which includes a cash gift of $500,000 to the CommonSpark campaign and $500,000 in in-kind support for program and service delivery over the next five years.
Charles Bowman and the Most Literate City in America
Charles Bowman believes, “Libraries are the land of opportunities. Places where people come together.” Today we celebrate Charles’ retirement of a celebrated career with Bank of America and the many ways he has helped make our community a better place for families. Charles can be described in many ways: attorney, community leader, friend and advocate but our favorite way is library champion.
COMMONSPARK IN THE PRESS
Honeywell donates $1M to new Main Library in uptown for innovation lab
Ashley Fahey
Charlotte Business Journal
$3 million gift to new Charlotte Mecklenburg Library main branch
Ashley Mahoney
The Charlotte Post
Charlotte’s Knight
Vanessa Infanzon
SouthPark Magazine
Charlotte’s New Library – An Investment In What We Ought To Be
Tommy Tomlinson
WFAE
13 Local News Stories and Series That Made a Difference in 2019
Mark Glaser
Medium
Inside Charlotte’s Reimagining of What a Library Is Supposed to Be
Jen Tota McGivney
Charlotte magazine
This is how Report for America ended up funding a community Wikipedia editor (!) at a library (!!)
Christine Schmidt
NeimanLab
Charlotte’s new library: reading and community resource in North Carolina
Katie Henry
World Architecture News
Charlotte has had four main uptown libraries. What do they tell us?
Eli Portillo
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
‘A bold building’: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s new main branch seen as tech hub
Alison Kuznitz
Charlotte Observer
Architecture: in Charlotte, a new library designed by Snøhetta
JC
The Good Life
Snøhetta and Clark Nexsen reveal designs for new NC library
The Construction Specifier
New main library building designed for 21st century technology
Ashley Mahoney
The Charlotte Post
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Unveils Plans For Massive New $100 Million Uptown Branch
Scott Jensen
Charlotte Stories
Knight Foundation Awards $10 Million for Main Library in Charlotte
Philanthropy News Digest
Big Reveal: A New Look for Charlotte’s Main Library
Felipe Rivas
Capital Analytics Associates
Design Unveiled For New Main Library On North Tryon Street
David Boraks
WFAE
Snøhetta unveils North Carolina library with scooped front
Eleanor Gibson
DeZeen
Snøhetta reveals its $100 million Charlotte, North Carolina, library
Edward Gunts
The Architect's Newspaper
Charlotte’s New Library — An Investment In What We Ought To Be
Tommy Tomlinson
WFAE
Library execs talk newly revealed design plans for uptown branch, moving development forward
Ashley Fahey
Charlotte Business Journal
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library reveals design for uptown branch
Ashley Fahey
WSOC-TV
‘Jewel of the cultural neighborhood’: Design revealed for library in uptown Charlotte
Alison Kuznitz
Charlotte Observer