Introducing the new Marksbury Family Branch!
Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Thanks to generous investments from the Marksbury Family Foundation, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the City of Lexington with American Rescue Plan Act funding, and hundreds of other local philanthropists, the Lexington Public Library Foundation raised $8.3 million to support this $17 million project.
These funds not only make it possible to open a new state-of-the-art facility but also ensure the quality staffing, reading materials, and programming that our community deserves and that will transform the Cardinal Valley neighborhood.
Thank you for investing in your public library.
If you would like to discuss how we can partner to achieve your philanthropic goals, we would be glad to connect and share more information.
Paige Halpin Smith
Director of Philanthropy
psmith@lexpublib.org
859-231-5500, ext. 1056
The new, 30,000-square-foot library is built on the same footprint as the original Village Branch that opened in 2004. Alongside a network of trusted partners within the Latinx, immigrant, and refugee communities, staff at Village Branch created programs addressing the neighborhood’s unique needs, including homework help, Spanish-language GED preparation classes, English as a Second Language classes, food service, and assistance with social services.
This branch is a vital resource in the Cardinal Valley neighborhood, and with the support of our community, the new library will expand its impact even further.
We are humbled by and grateful for the generosity and support from all corners of our community, as well as in the state. The Marksbury Family Branch Library is only possible because of these investments.
Naming opportunities for some spaces remain. If you would like to discuss how we can partner to achieve your philanthropic goals, we would be glad to connect and share more information. Please contact us with any questions at foundation@lexpublib.org.
Betty Abdmishani
Christopher & Jean Abner
Jill Abney
Elizabeth Adams
Colby & Heather Adams-Blair
Deborah Addessi
Lisa Adkins
Ban Alattar
James and Rosa Allison
Lezlie Allison
Linda Diane Ames
Linda Angelucci
Anonymous X 19
Stephanie & David Arnold
Mike and Elizabeth Asay
Asio Capital
Kevin Ausbrook
Baird Foundation Inc.
Denali Stud Inc.
Bank of America
E.S Barr & CO
Vickie Batzka
William B. Rogers Beasley
Anthany and Eunice Beatty
Lynda Bebrowsky
Matthew S Beebe
Rania Belmadani
DeLaine Bender
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Thelma M. Bergman
Jennifer & Stefan Bird-Pollan
Janice Birdwhistell
Amy Jo Black
M. Cary and Nancy C. Blaydes
Blue Grass Community Foundation
Bluegrass Sotheby's International Realty - Becky Reinhold & Jimmy Turek
Alanson H. and Charles H. Boden
Simon Boes
Hilary J. Boone Foundation
Beverly Bouse
Katie Bouvier
Ramsey Bova & Robert Hammond
Laura and Zack Bray
Kimberly & David Brennen
Richard Brooks
Rod Brotherton
James A. and Martha R. Brown Charitable Foundation
Miranda Brown
Susan Brown
Machiko Bruzina
John Buckner
Wells Bullard & Harding Dowell
Mike & Karen Burke
Diana Byrne
Victoria Calabrese
Craig Cammack
Eli and Mary Lynne Capilouto
Linda W. Carey
Matthew Carter
Harriet & Jay Cason
Michael Chambers
Ellen and Bill Chapman
Roger and Nancy Chesser
Joe F. Childers
Christian Word Ministries Inc.
Laura Clifford
Coldiron Oil Company
Ralph A. & Susan Coldiron
Elizabeth Combs
Commerce Lexington
Community Trust Bank
Monica Conrad
William L. Cooper
AnnaMarie Cornett
Cowgill Partners
Gloria Lynn Crabtree
Gary and Nancy Craft
Kathi Crowe
Krystin Cutwright
Bethany Breeze Davenport
Suzanne Davis
W. Clayton Davis
Lucian & Alice Dearborn
John and Sandra Deaton
Cynthia B. Deitz
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum
Kimberly DeSimone
Mary Davis Dicken
Heather & Rich Dieffenbach
Erin Dilger
Donna Gene Dixon
Anne Donworth
Sarah E. D'Orazio
David Dowell
Susan Downing
Aisling Duignan
Mark Wilson Eastland
Rachel Eberhart
Rolf M. Embertson
EOP Architects | Champlin Architecture
Carolyn Watson
Claude H. and Elizabeth Farley
Roda M Ferraro & Judd English
Judith Fifield
Sandra Fitz
Amanda Foxx
Jean Frazier
Wayne Frazier
Friends of the Lexington Public Library
Jerold and Mary Lou Friesen
Lynn Furness
Jack and Debbie Gallagher
Kathleen Gannoe
Alexander Garcia
Anne P. Gay
Chris J. Gay
Ruth Ann Gaylord
Michael Genovese
Deborah Press Gerth
Sarah and Frederick Gibbs
Esther J. Gissing
Kim & John Glenney
Eugene Glowatch
John Gohmann
Kathleen Gross
Dennis Hacker
Gregory L. Hager
Mary Wis & Ben Haggin
Lindsey Hammerslag
Hanna-McCord Family Charitable Fund
Susan Harkins
Wendy Harper
Phyllis R. Hasbrouck
Tonya Head
Donna Hill
Naomi Clewett and Brian Hocevar
Connie HolmanMarnie Holoubek
Shawntaye Hopkins
Dean Hunt
Louetta Hurst
Kevin Imai
Jay Ingle
Alice & Lindsey Ingram
Mary L. Ireland
Sandra B. Ireland
Ron and Judith Isaacs
Louis W. Jaquith
B & E Jones Charitable Family Foundation
Bonnie Jones
Larry and Debbie Jones
Libby Jones
Lucy Jones
AJ & Amy Jutte
Wendi Keene
Keeneland Association
KEMI
Anne C. Kemp
Randy Kemper
Keith Key
Richard A. Kielar
Karen E. King
Kathy Kluemper
Dan & Cassondra Koett
Angie Smith - KPR Architectural Products
Joe Kratzat
Sandra Kryst
Zee Faulkner Kurfees
Elaine Landry
Rachel Laudan
Vida Laureano
Dena R Lawing
James E. Lee
Nathan and Blair Lee
William J. Leffler
Todd Lemley
Jo W. Leone
LG&E and KU Foundation, Inc.
Little English
Kathy Loeb
Bo Hai Loh
Charles B. Lovell
Mary Luken
Rebecca Lutz
Jane Manning
Marksbury Family Foundation
Janet Marshall
Marsh & McLennan
Lynda J. Matusek
McBrayer PLLC
Elizabeth McLaren
Pope and Betty Ann McLean
Mary Ann McMurry
Robert Meadows
Thomas Meng
George M. Van Meter
Linda J. Miller
Freddie Mills
Chase Minnifield
Kate Mitzenmacher
Jean R. Moore
Margaret Morrison
Charlotte F. Moss
David & Marcy Moynihan
Mt. Brilliant Family Foundation
Carly Muetterties
Muir House Foundation
Virginia F. Murphy
Laura Haydon and John Van Nagell
Stephanie Nallia
Carl W. Nathe
Lynna Nguyen
NiSource Charitable Foundation/Columbia Gas of Kentucky
Ellen and Allen Norvell
Tom OBrien
Jean O'Daniel
Jackie Oldiges
Devin Onkst
Eddie K. and Phyllis B. Parker
Jordan Parker
Matt & Lauren Parsons
Jane and B Patterson
Raymond Paulick
John & Beth Phillips
Janet Pike
PNC Financial Services Group
PNC Foundation
Angela Poe
Rebecca Poppe
Hunter Porter
Nancy Barnett & Michael Potapov
Griggs & Molly Powell
Brian Powers
Robert Preston
Daryl Privott
Katherine A Profitt
Carolyn F. Purcell
Nadia Rasheed
Edward A. Receski
Reese and Becky Reinhold
Toni Reiss
Jennifer Reynolds
Dana Richards
Kathleen E Richardson
Louise C. Robinson
Phyllis Robinson
Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc
Cassidy Rosenthal
Ali Rossi
Jane Rowady
Salomon & Company
Morris Sammons
Tamara Sanderson
Nat H. Sandler
Arturo Sandoval
Lisa Satin
Roger Paige and Sara J. Schoenberg
Paul A. Schwartz
Carol Searcy
Sandra Senft
Serrate Family
Brett & Billie Jo Setzer
Sally Shafer
Sanjay and Mital Shah
Marianne H. Sherman
Collis Sledd
Lawrence T. & Chris Smith
Paige Halpin Smith
Susan E Spires
Suzanna Stammer
Scott & Julia Stevens
Joan Stewart
Susan Stewart
Susie Stewart
Suzanne Stewart
Ann & Barry Stilz
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Margaret Stoeckinger
Jim Stokes and Jo Ann Czekalski
William Bartram and Eloise Williams Sturgill Family Foundation Inc
SVN Stone Commercial Real Estate
Chen Ling Tai
McGriff Insurance Services
Tempur Sealy
Cathy Thompson
Selma J. Towner
Traditional Bank
Jimmy Turek & Marin Fiske
Gerald and Florence Urban
Will Van Meter
Vicki L. Vance
Jewel Vanderhoef
Laurance B. VanMeter
Vinodh Venugopal
Lynn Vera
David L. Walker
Jim & Cindy Ware
Sidney L. Webb
Nila Wells
Yajaira Aich West
Holly Wiedemann
Robert Wildman
Harvie B. Wilkinson
Sharon Kay Williams
John and Jacqueline Van Willigen
Carol Wills
Charlotte Wood
Susan Wright
George & Betty Yates
Donations in Memory or Honor of:
Daniel D. and Jennifer M. Brock in memory of Phyllis Jenness
Rod Brotherton in honor of JoJo Yuan
Luann Burnett in memory of Anna Elizabeth Burnett
Megan Kleinline George in memory of Margaret George
Frank Goad in memory of Anne F. Goad
Timothy Hughes Jr in memory of Bob Hughes
Rona Roberts & Steve Kay in memory of Ruth H. and Lisle V. Roberts
Suzanne Kifer in memory of Susan Durant
John and Carolyn Looff in memory of Donald Sands
Vicki Luciano in memory of Celesta Poplin Boggs
Suzanne Mcintosh in memory of Ann McIntosh
Connie McNeely in memory of Miriam Stambaugh
Betty Nigoff in honor of Stephanie Barrett
Dave & Lisa Norat in memory of William "Bill" Gibbs
Robyn Tylar Saur in honor of Josephine Garis Cochran
Christopher Reames in honor of Pippa Reames
Catherine Reilender in honor of Betty Abshimani
Tim and Judy Riddell in memory of Evoyd and Linda Horsley
Kathleen Stamm in memory of Anita Rhea & Lyon DeWitt
Kimberly Wickens in honor of The Kentucky Room
Laca Woodson in memory of Grandmother Lota Miller
