The
Rockford Public Library is working with Architects, City
Planners and Facilitators to design a leading-edge Public Library for
our
community, but We need YOU!We
need your
voice. We need your ideas! We need to know what you want in your
library!
Send us your ideas at
RPL
Community
Envisioning Session Dates:
April
17 @ 6:00 PM
Northwest
Community Center
1325 N. Johnston Ave, Rockford
April
19 @ 6:00 PM
Midway
Village & Museum Center
6799 Guilfor Rd, Rockford
April
24 @ 6:00 PM
St.
Elizabeth Community Center
1536 S. Main St, Rockford
April
26 @ 6:00 PM
The
Nordlof Center
118 N. Main Street, Rockford
May
2 @ 10:30 AM
Police
Station District #1
Community Room, hosted by West Gateway Coalition
1045 W. State St, Rockford
Watch
what our architect has to say about how a 21st Century Library can
serve a community like Rockford!
Frequently
Asked Questions:
Why
do we have to build a new Main Library?
ComEd
has conducted an environmental investigation at the site of a former
Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) at 215 N. Wyman Street, in Rockford,
Illinois, on the grounds of our former Rockford Public
Library.
The purposes of ComEd’s investigation was to determine if residues
remain from the former MGP operations. The work was conducted in
cooperation with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois
EPA) as part of the Site Remediation Program. The investigation
detected the presence of MGP residues in the soil and groundwater.
Why
is the property contaminated?
Prior
to the advent of natural gas service, manufactured gas or “Town Gas”
was produced locally to provide fuel for lighting, cooking, and
heating. One common byproduct of the manufactured gas process was tar,
which was often stored in underground plant structures. Gas
manufacturing became obsolete as a system of pipelines was established
in the Midwest to allow for the widespread use of natural
gas.
