FOR RELEASE:  March 31, 2009

 

Name the Troy Public Library Café Contest

 

(TROY, MI)The Troy Public Library vending café will be opening this spring and the café needs a name!  The TPL is sponsoring a contest for Troy residents to think of a great name for this new library hotspot.

 

The contest, open to all Troy residents, will run from Wednesday, April 8 – Wednesday, April 23.  Entries can be submitted via email to Cathy Russ, Library Director, at C.Russ@troymi.gov, or dropped off in the “name the café” entry box located in the lobby of the Troy Library.

 

The winning entry will be chosen in late April by a panel of judges, including the Library Director, Assistant City Manager John Lamerato, a member of the Library Advisory Board, and Jeff Stewart, President of the Friends of the Troy Public Library. The sign bearing the name of the café will be created and hung in the library over the café door, with an acknowledgement to the winner.

 

The new café will be an informal gathering/meeting space, with vending machines, tables and chairs, and some additional easy chairs, where library users can enjoy refreshments, talk to friends, take a break from studies, and relax! The café walls are being painted by students from the Troy High School art program, who are designing some beautiful pictures for the walls featuring authors or characters from books (i.e. Alice in Wonderland, Edgar Allan Poe, etc.).

 

The Troy Public Library is located at 510 W. Big Beaver Rd.

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