Mike asks a lot of hard and appropriate questions about the state of the
Mpls Public Library's fundraising operations.
As he points out, we raised $140 million for capital improvements through
the 2000 referendum, and we are working very hard to raise an additional $20
million from the State
Colin Hamilton, Executive Director, Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library, concluded a recent post with the following paragraph: "There are very few, if any, libraries in American that receive more than 5%of their operating dollars from private sources. If our collective goal isto make
