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Mid-Continent Public Library announces plans for new East Independence Branch

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mid-Continent Public Library announced plans Wednesday to open a third library branch in Independence in 2024. The new location, the East Independence Branch, will be built on a 5 1 ...
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Mid-Continent library plans culinary center in KC for cooking demos, classes

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Mid-Continent Public Library is dishing up ...
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Independence City Council approves plan to sell part of City Hall to Mid-Continent Public Library

Independence plans to sell part of its longtime City Hall site to the Mid-Continent Public Library, which will construct a ...
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Mid-Continent Public Libraries giving out free window decals for National Library Week

Mid-Continent Public Libraries are celebrating National Library Week. Kansas City branches are giving away free “MCPL My Place” window decals, while supplies last in honor of the occasion. Since 1958, ...
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Voters told Mid-Continent to build new libraries. Now trustees might break that trust

First, conservative members of the board started challenging books about minorities. Will they also put the brakes on new facilities in east Independence and Riverside? Facebook/Mid-Continent Public ...
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Mid-Continent Public Library’s ‘Food for Fines’ program kicks off next week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mid-Continent Public Library’s (MCPL) biannual “Food for Fines” program will return next week. The program, which runs from Sept. 8 to Sept. 14, provides customers with the ...
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Mid-Continent Public Library Hopes For Increase In Funds

Mid-Continent Public Library is asking voters in its district in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties to approve a property tax levy to build and upgrade facilities and provide more programs and longer ...
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Mid-Continent Public Library hires new director from Cleveland Public Library

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Mid-Continent Public Library’s $113 Million Upgrade Underway

The Mid-Continent Public Library system was designed at a time when a gallon of gas cost less than 90 cents, the Beatles disbanded and the Vietnam War ended. MCPL Director Steve Potter described the ...
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Peruse the intermediate results of Mid-Continent Public Library's $113M renewal [PHOTOS]

Mid-Continent Public Library, which will complete 33 library branch projects by 2022, has reached the midway point in its $113 million capital improvement plan. The Blue Springs South location is one ...
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Mid-Continent Public Library faces $1.3 million in budget cuts

CUTS. MICHELLE SEALE BROUGHT HER 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LILY TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH THEY ROUTINELY VISIT. MICHELLE ONCE WORKED IN A SCHOOL LIBRARY AND LOST HER JOB DUE TO BUDGET CUTS WITH CUT SPENDING ...
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Mid-Continent Public Library seeks support for tax hike to fund renovation, expansion

The Mid-Continent Public Library is trying to drum up support for its proposed 8-cent property tax increase, its first tax hike since 1983. File photo by Keith Myers [email protected] In 1983, the ...