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See What the New Library Will Look Like! 
GREENFIELD FOUNDER AND BUSINESSMAN PLEDGES $250,000 TO NEW LIBRARY Foundation Announces Ulice Payne to Chair New Library Fundraising Committee
Ronald Tays, president of the Greenfield Public Library Foundation, and Ulice Payne Jr., Greenfield resident and President of Addison-Clifton, LLC., announced today the Foundation has received a major pledge for the new library in the amount of $250,000 from the ROS Foundation. Robert O. Schlytter, director of the ROS Foundation, is a local businessman, former alderman and a founding member of the incorporation of the City of Greenfield 50 years ago. The Foundation also announced that Ulice Payne, Jr. will chair the Foundation’s capital fundraising campaign for the new library. In making the pledge, Schlytter said, “In my opinion, there is no better place to learn and study information than in a public Library… By making this gift I am doing a small part to ensure this resource, a resource that enriches lives, is available for future generations.” Others on hand to honor the pledge were Schlytter’s son Robert B. Schlytter , Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke, Alderperson Shirley Saryan, Director of the Department of Neighborhood Services Richard Sokol, President of Continental Savings Bank Jim Podewils, and Library Director Sheila O’Brien.
PHOTO CAPTION: GREENFIELD LIBRARY FOUNDATION RECEIVES PLEDGE FOR $250,000 FROM THE ROS FOUNDATION. Pictured from left to right: Library Foundation President Ronald Tays, Fundraising Campaign Chair Ulice Payne, Library Board Common Council Representative Alderperson Shirley Saryan, Mr. Robert O. Schlytter, Library Director Sheila O'Brien, Fundraising Campaign Committee member Jim Podewils, and Mayor Michael Neitzke Mayor Neitzke thanked Schlytter saying “This is the largest single donation ever to any City project. Your generosity and exemplary support of this project will improve the quality of life for residents of all ages in Greenfield. Greenfield’s undersized library currently serves patrons located throughout the county-wide library system. I’m confident that our fundraising campaign will be supported by community leaders from throughout the metropolitan area. Our new library will demonstrate to our children and their children that education and opportunity are indeed priorities for Greenfield.” “Mr. Schlytter cares deeply about this community and its future. He is a man who supports Greenfield not only with his words, but with his actions. On behalf of all of the City residents, I want to thank Mr. Schlytter for helping make the dream of a new library, one that truly meets the needs of our community, that much closer to reality," noted Mayor Michael Neitzke. "What a way to kick-off our fund-raising effort!" Last month, the Greenfield Common Council voted to approve a $3,000,000 budget allocation to build the new library, to be built in 2008 at 5310 W. Layton Avenue, across from Konkel Park. The new Greenfield Public Library will cover more than 30,000 square feet, considerably larger and closer to design standards for a community the size of Greenfield. “Construction of the new library is expected to begin in the spring of 2008. It will involve substantial renovation to the old Police Department facility” said Director of Neighborhood Services, Richard Sokol. This year, Dan Jansen Family Fest, Inc. contributed upwards of $100,000 towards the installation of a new fountain in Bicentennial Park that will grace the front of the new library home.
DRAWING CAPTION: Proposed New Greenfield Public Library, Designed by Bray Associates of Sheboygan.
Purpose for the Foundation: “The primary purpose of the Corporation is to promote growth of the Greenfield Public Library by developing and administering an active fit and memorial program for the library; and by encouraging and administering gifts, grants, endowments and bequests to the Corporation to benefit the Greenfield Public Library. The corporation is not intended to replace tax money, but rather is intended to enhance the quality and scope of the Greenfield Public Library’s service and facilities beyond the level which is the normal responsibility of the taxpayers.” “In determining the level of grants to or for the benefit of the Greenfield Public Library, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall adhere to these purposes of this Corporation. The Corporation may make disbursements of principal or income, or both, for the benefit of the Greenfield Public Library in such amounts and at such times as the Board of Directors of the corporation from time-to-time deems to be suitable and appropriate. Distributions of principal and or income may be made to the Greenfield Public Library.” (From the Articles of Incorporation)
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