{"id":3150,"date":"2019-07-30T18:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T22:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2019-07-30T18:46:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T22:46:28","slug":"inkster-long-awaited-new-library-breaks-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/inkster-long-awaited-new-library-breaks-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Inkster\u2019s Long Awaited New Library Finally Breaks Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The public was invited this past Saturday, July 27, 2019 to a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of a new building for the <a href=\"https:\/\/inkster.lib.mi.us\/\">Leanna Hicks Public Library<\/a> of Inkster located at 2500 Hamlin, Inkster, MI 48141. It is expected that the doors of the new library will open in the spring of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/67402560_10161964428880468_3070983680580124672_n.jpg?w=696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The long-awaited Leanna Hicks Public Library of Inkster finally broke ground\" class=\"wp-image-3152\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The library has long outgrown its old building located in the old Civic Area of Downtown Inkster. The old library was only 6000 square-feet building while the new library will be 10,000 square feet, almost twice the size of the current library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features of the new library include space for\nexpanded collections of books and ebooks, a larger children\u2019s section and\ndedicated teen area, a multi-use program room, more computers and technology\nequipment, a work space with wi-fi, and ample parking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to not only\njumpstarting our new development to serve the public but also move toward\nrestoring education in the City of Inkster. A 21<sup>st<\/sup> century library\nsystem is needed in this day and age to empower local residents with increasing\ndigital literacy skills, financial empowerment, implementing career, technical\neducation and job matches to empower our families in Inkster.\u201d says, Leanna\nHicks Library Board President Akindele Akinyemi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akinyemi is the first Nigerian in the history\nof Inkster, Michigan to lead a capital improvement project that is estimated at\n$2.2 million to build once the library project is completed. At the time of his\nelection he was only the fourth Nigerian-American ever elected in the State of\nMichigan, however, he opted not to run for a second term for the Leanna Hicks\nLibrary Board of Inkster in this year\u2019s upcoming elections to focus more on\nTrans-Africa economic development between Western Wayne County and sub-Saharan\nAfrica. Akinyemi is also the President and CEO of the prestigious Global African Business Association (GABA) and has credited\nboth GABA and the Leanna Hicks Library of Inkster for making a serious effort\nto restore education in the City of Inkster. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public was invited this past Saturday, July 27, 2019 to a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of a new building for the Leanna Hicks Public Library of Inkster located at 2500 Hamlin, Inkster, MI 48141. 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