http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/grandview/

Grandview Heritage is officially live! 

--a note from Evan Robb, Project Manager, Washington Rural Heritage

Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of State

"A big thanks to our contributor-participants at Bleyhl Community Library and the R.E. Powell Museum, especially Ruth Dirk (at Bleyhl), who did a wonderful job of cataloging the collection, and has contributed immensely to its development and design.  Also to Jean Marie Coursey who was invaluable in tracking down descriptions for R.E. Powell Museum objects. 

According to Ruth, the library is already using the collection to help patrons with genealogy and local history questions.  A local high school class is working on a project dealing with Grandview history; this should be a great resource for them.  The collection is also being published in time for the City of Grandview’s upcoming Centennial."

Grandview residents will soon be able to see their grandparents’ high school graduation pictures on the Internet. And the mastodon bone, and two panoramic views of downtown from the early 20^th century, and a collection of different kinds of barbed wire from the late 19^th century, and the Grandview History compiled in 1927 by the Pioneer Association.

Grandview’s museum and library collections will soon join other collections from small and rural libraries and museums across the state – on the Internet. --more--

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Cook Art Scholarship

Megan Tyler is this year's winner of the Harry Christian Cook and Blanche McLane Cook Art Scholarship.

Joint City/YVCC Library

In 2007, the Mayor and City Council and Yakima Valley Community College agreed to pursue the concept of a new joint library facility on YVCC's Grandview campus. The college engaged an architect to develop a preliminary design for a $4 million facility. Early plans describe a 12,000 square-foot library that would meet the needs of both the community and college students. It will improve the ability for YVCC to deliver high-quality academic, vocational and adult basic education and will provide informational resources to residents of the Lower Yakima Valley.

YVCC submitted a $2 million matching grant application to the State, and has been notified that this project has been ranked #1 for potential funds from the state legislature in May 2009. In September of 2008 the federal government approved a $600,000 grant for the project, leaving a balance of $1.4 million yet to be raised so the project can become a reality.  If the $4 million is raised by May 2009, then construction could begin by late summer 2009 and completed by October 2010.

If funding is secured, the City and YVCC would enter into an agreement providing for the operation of the library. The building would be owned by the State, which would be responsible for the maintenance of the facility. Operating costs would be shared between the City and YVCC, with an estimated annual cost savings to the City of approximately $100,000.