Thank you to everyone who attended the Library Board Meeting last night to represent the Lake Nona area -- we had a whopping 12 speakers! See video clips at https://www.facebook.com/2002635/posts/10119620201974781/?d=n
City of Orlando District 1 Commissioner Jim Gray
Orange County District 4 Commissioner Maribel Gomez Cordero
OCPS District 2 School Board Member Johanna Lopez
Roberson Mejia, Nurse Leader & Healthcare Executive
Ricardo Williams, Entrepreneur & Founder of Nerd Nite Orlando
David Grimm, Former Educator (21 years)
Ashley Cisneros Mejia, Chair of the Lake Nona Area Library Campaign Committee
Javier Mackey, U.S. Army Veteran, Bronze Star with Valor recipient for service in Afghanistan
Marta Northcutt, Author & Homeschool Mom
Misban Matthew, Mother
Phelycia Marsh, School Psychologist
Sean Sookdeo, Rotary Club of Lake Nona President
The library administration reported that the new book return drop box at Valencia College Lake Nona resulted in 793 materials returned in March and 616 for the first 8 days of April for a grant total of 1,409 books and materials returned by residents since the drop box was installed on March 16.
The library CFO Kris Shoemaker delivered an informative presentation about financial options to fund new library branches. Stakeholder discussions will continue to take place regarding the City of Orlando offer to co-locate a Lake Nona area branch on Dowden Road at the upcoming government center site.
Here are 5 easy ways to help our movement!
1) ATTEND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING - Please plan to attend the next library board meeting this week and invite all of your contacts in the Lake Nona area to do the same.
Library Board Meeting
Thursday, May 13 at 6 p.m.
Zoom details will be shared as soon as they are made available by the library. If you would like to sign up to make a public comment (not required!) you may sign up here: https://www.ocls.info/board-trustees/submit-a-notice-intent-speak
2) SHARE THE PETITION - Please share this very petition with everyone invested in Lake Nona's success: www.change.org/nonalibrary
3) FILL OUT THE SURVEY - The library has created a survey to get ideas on the types of services we would like to see at a new branch. Please fill it out and share with your Lake Nona friends:
4) JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP - Stay informed on new developments and share ideas in our library Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lakenonalibrary/
5) SEND SOME EMAILS - Consider sending emails expressing your support/interest in the City of Orlando partnership. Please also thank the OCLS for our new drop box at Valencia! Here are the email addresses of the stakeholders.
Mary Anne Hodel, OCLS Executive Director & CEO
comments@ocls.info
Crockett Bohannon, President, OCLS Board of Trustees,
bohannon.crockett@ocls.info
Nicole Benjamin, Vice President, OCLS Board of Trustees
benjamin.nicole@ocls.info
Danielle Levien, OCLS Trustee
levien.danielle@ocls.info
Richard Maladecki, OCLS Trustee
maladecki.richard@ocls.info
Lizanette Tam, OCLS Trustee
tam.lizannette@ocls.info
City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
buddy.dyer@cityoforlando.net
City Commissioner District 1 Jim Gray
jim.gray@cityoforlando.net
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings
Mayor@ocfl.net
County Commissioner District 4 Maribel Gomez Cordero
district4@ocfl.net
Thank you!