Oklahoma Eagle | June 28, 2024 | Dr. Jerry Goodwin
The Tulsa City-County Library broke ground on the new site for the Rudisill Regional Library on North Greenwood Avenue. The library branch is currently located at the corner of East Pine Street and North Hartford Avenue, 1520 N. Hartford Ave. The new site will be constructed near B. S. Roberts Park and the Langston University-Tulsa campus.
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Channel 2 | June 14, 2024 | Clifton Haskin
City leaders broke ground for the new location of the Rudisill Regional Library.
For the fourth time since 1917, the Greenwood District is getting a library. The Rudisill Regional Library is currently located at Pine, and Harvard is moving south a half a mile.
Damali Wilson has strong ties to the location.
“My grandmother was actually here when the massacre actually took place,” said Wilson.
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Channel 8 | June 14, 2024 | CJ Maclin
he Rudisill Regional Library is currently on the move.
Groundbreaking took place earlier today to showcase the start of their new building that will be just down the road From their current location.
Their new location returns to the historic Greenwood district.
“The current library has been where it is now, since 1976 and people have changed since then. We really want to build a library for future generations and it just so happened to be right here on historic Greenwood,” said the CEO of Tulsa City-County Library System, Kimberly Johnson.
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Fox23 | June 14, 2024 | Morgan Martin
The Tulsa City-County Library celebrated on Friday the start of construction on what will be the new Rudisill Regional Library on Greenwood Avenue.
Meeting the needs of people and changing their lives is what Tulsa City-County CEO Kim Johnson hopes will happen with this space in the Historic Greenwood District.
“With more than five thousand people using our space daily, we have become so much more than books. We have become that community space,” Johnson said.
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Tulsa World | June 14, 2024 | Tim Stanley
$21.2 million project to build a brand new Rudisill Regional Library in north Tulsa has officially broken ground.
Tulsa City-County Library officials on Friday were joined by dozens of community leaders to celebrate the start of construction on the facility, which will be built at 1017 N. Greenwood Ave., about a half mile from the library’s current location and just north of B.S. Roberts Park.
TCCL CEO Kim Johnson, speaking at the event, said: “Today’s groundbreaking marks a significant milestone and the keeping of a promise that TCCL made to the citizens of Tulsa County, and that is to provide resources that inspire curiosity and creativity and offer opportunities for lifelong learning and to build and sustain a library system for future generations.
“We know that public libraries that adapt and grow are better able to strengthen the neighbors, the community and the county,” Johnson added. “Thanks to the generous donors who are here with us today, we are able to do just that.”
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Fox23 | June 6, 2024 | Fox23 News Staff
The Bank of Oklahoma and Tulsa City-County Library are partnering to build a new Rudisill Regional Library in the historic Greenwood District.
The $21.5 million building will replace the existing Rudisill Regional Library half a mile from its current location. This will be the fourth time a library has been located in the Greenwood District since 1917.
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KRMG | June 4, 2024 | Steve Berg
It appears to be full-speed ahead for a new library in Brookside.
Groundbreaking could happen this month, KRMG was told by a source with information about the matter.
Last week, Tulsa City-County Library hit their fundraising goal of $9.6 million dollars for construction.
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Tulsa World | May 31, 2024 | Tim Stanley
The Tulsa City-County Library has officially completed an effort to raise $9.6 million to replace the Brookside Library.
The facility is the first of four library locations to be replaced as part of the “MY Library, OUR Future” campaign. A groundbreaking will be held this summer, with the library opening to follow in 2025.
The fundraising was kickstarted with a lead gift from Tulsans Bob and Leslie Pritchard, who chose to honor Leslie’s late father Donald Bronson Atkins by naming the new branch the Bronson Brookside Library.
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News on 6 | Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Sierra Johnson
On Wednesday, Tulsa City-County Library completed raising $9.6 million to replace the Brookside library and will begin groundbreaking over the summer in 2024.
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Tulsa World | Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 | Ginnie Graham Editorials Editor
It’s no secret that several library branches in Tulsa County need to be rebuilt due to age and increased use. It’s something Kimberly Johnson, the library system chief executive officer, has mentioned for years.
Now, library officials are planning a capital campaign to construct four new libraries: Rudisill Regional (1520 N. Hartford Ave.), South Broken Arrow (3600 S. Chestnut Ave.), Owasso (103 W. Broadway St.) and Brookside (1202 E. 45th Place). Of those, only Owasso’s branch will remain in the same location …
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