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1129 7th Street Northwest
Piedmont, OK 73078
(405) 373-9018
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About Piedmont Public Library
Description:
History:
Annual
community
surveys
consistently
showed
that
a
library
was
one
of
the
top
priorities
for
the
citizens
of
the
growing
Piedmont
community.B
Although
the
city
did
not
have
funds
to
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construct
a
library,
Mayor
John
Bickerstaff
and
City
Manager
Jim
Richardson
were
supportive
of
the
idea
and
encouraged
Parks
and
Recreations
committee
chair
Marcie
Moore
to
pursue
it.B
In
the
fall
of
2000,
Marcie,
city
secretary
Heather
Flynn,
Mrs.
John
Bickerstaff
(Arita),
and
community
member
Lisa
Gigstad
attended
bOn
Stage
Oklahomab
at
Rose
State
College.B
There
we
met
Ann
Weisman,
Executive
Director
of
the
Assembly
of
Community
Arts
Councils
of
Oklahoma.B
In
January
2001,
Ann
came
to
Piedmont
to
meet
our
fledging
group
and
pointed
us
in
the
right
direction
to
become
a
not-for-profit
group.B
City
employee
Betty
Thompson
suggested
the
name
for
the
organization.
Our
first
board
meeting
was
held
November
2000.B
Board
members
were
Marcie
Moore,
Arita
Bickerstaff,
Heather
Flynn,
and
Lisa
Gigstad.B
In
January
2001,
Marcie
Moore
resigned
and
moved
out
of
state.B
Our
committee
members
were
Annalisa
Campbell,
Rhonda
Banks,
and
David
Davis,
city
attorney.B
The
mission
statement
we
adopted
was:B
bTo
serve
people
of
all
ages
in
the
Piedmont
community
to
encourage
development
of
a
library
and
contribute
to
its
ongoing
mission
To
facilitate
a
variety
of
cultural
events
n
our
community.b
Our
immediate
goals
were:
bTo
establish
a
public
Library
in
the
city
of
Piedmont
to
provide
support
of
the
Piedmont
Public
Library
through
the
administration,
daily
operation
and
programming
to
promote
education,
recreation,
and
cultural
opportunities.bB
The
Board
met
quarterly
in
2001.
About
this
time,
the
Daily
Oklahoman
newspaper
ran
an
article
discussing
our
efforts
to
establish
a
library
in
the
community.B
As
a
direct
result
of
reading
this
article,
we
were
contacted
by
an
Okalahoma
City
couple,
Justin
and
Marguerite
Vogt,
whose
grandchildren
attended
Piedmont
Schools.B
Over
the
course
of
the
next
year,
they
contributed
$450,
000
to
construct
the
building
and
make
our
dream
a
reality.
In
April
2001,
we
expanded
the
Board
to
include
Diana
Tunnell,
Nedra
Funk,
and
Annalisa
Campbell
and
established
additional
committees.B
In
April,
the
city
established
the
Piedmont
Library
Trust
Authority
to
administer
funds
for
the
construction.B
In
August,
after
several
failed
attempts
to
produce
land
for
the
library,
Nedra
Funk
offered
2.5
acres
she
owned
on
Seventh
Street
for
the
site.B
The
balance
in
our
bank
account
at
this
time
was
$84.B
In
September,
Jack
Robinson
became
our
seventh
board
member.
P.L.A.C.E.S.
sponsored
a
ground-breaking
ceremony
for
the
library
on
May
4,
2002.B
During
the
course
of
that
year,
and
the
years
following,
we
sponsored
numerous
cultural
events
and
fundraisers.B
In
June
2003,
we
met
our
new
librarian,
Glenna
Schnell,
who
was
introduced
by
the
Chairman
of
the
citybs
Library
Board,
Bruce
Campbell.B
On
October
31
we
lost
Glenna
to
a
sudden
illness.B
Pat
ObBryant
became
the
next
librarian,
followed
in
2004
by
Thuy
Nguyen.
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