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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear Directors:<br>
Keavy Cook at the Ford Family Foundation is in need of data about the cost per square foot of new public library construction.<br>
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If you have constructed a new free-standing building in the past 6-8 years or so, and know the approximate cost per square foot to construct your building,
<b>excluding </b>the site and the furnishings, I would like for you to send me that information. Please include the name of the facility and the year it opened.<br>
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In order to make this an apples to apples comparison I <b>don't </b>need to know about projects that converted an existing building. I only want to know about brand new buildings that were built from the ground up.<br>
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I will appreciate hearing from you about this so I can pass along the information to the Ford Family Foundation.<br>
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Thanks Directors!<br>
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</span></font><font size="1"><font face="Optima, Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9pt">Jim Scheppke, State Librarian<br>
Oregon State Library<br>
250 Winter St. NE<br>
Salem, OR 97301<br>
503-378-4367<br>
(fax) 503-585-8059<br>
<a href="jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us">jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us</a><br>
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