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$2.5 million grant from Exelon for early learning spaces at Chicago Public Library

| By Veronica Brown
Categories: Early Learning, Support the Library Foundation
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Thanks to a $2.5 million grant from Exelon Corporation to the Chicago Public Library Foundation, CPL will open an 18,000 square foot flagship location at Harold Washington Library Center with 14 additional satellite locations to follow. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined this morning by Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon at the Albany Park …

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CyberNavigators: Reconnecting Families

| By Veronica Brown
Categories: CyberNavigator
With the help of a CyberNavigator computer tutor, Library Patron Benny Contla has not only managed to narrow the digital divide for himself, but also the physical divide with his family who reside in Mexico.