Community Corner

Hillside Public Library Concerned About Grant

When State Sen. Jack Martins held his office hours at the library, Director Charlene Noll asked about the status of a grant for the parking lot.

During ' recent at the , Director Charlene Noll inquired about a grant that was supposed to be used to renovate the library's parking lot across the street.

This grant was worked on under former State Sen. Craig Johnson's term. Since Martins took office, several of those . Noll wanted Martins to look into the status of the grant because while she has not received a letter stating that it has been revoked, she is not sure what has happened to it.

If this $100,000 capital improvement grant does not come through, there are other avenues that the library could take, including looking for another type of grant, Noll noted after the library's board of trustees meeting on Thursday.

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