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Construction Funding History

Note: Year indicates the year in which reimbursement started. Amounts indicate the capital portion of the state share, not including the cost of borrowing the state share, which is also reimbursed.

Year	Library	Municipality	Total Cost	State	Federal	Total
1988	William H Hall Library	Cranston	$1,824,856	$661,550	$210,066	$871,616
1989	Hope Library	Scituate	$537,004	$268,502		$268,502
1989	Oak Lawn Branch	Cranston	$217,299		$90,500	$90,500
1989	South Kingstown Public Library	South Kingstown	$1,186,997	$572,500		$572,500
1990	Auburn Branch	Cranston	$884,143	$440,000		$440,000
1990	East Providence Public Library	East Providence	$1,850,000	$925,000		$925,000
1990	Greenville Public Library	Smithfield	$1,824,804	$894,287		$894,287
1990	Olneyville Branch	Providence	$417,757		$209,028	$209,028
1990	Portsmouth Free Library	Portsmouth	$1,278,678	$625,000		$625,000
1990	Westerly Public Library	Westerly	$7,920,135	$2,349,864		$2,349,864
1991	Cross Mills Public Library	Charlestown	$96,854		$42,500	$42,500
1991	Robert Beverly Hale Public Library	South Kingstown	$299,105	$14,746	$127,374	$142,120
1991	West Warwick Public Library	West Warwick	$2,380,719	$1,189,000		$1,189,000
1992	Jamestown Philomenian Library	Jamestown	$1,368,271	$684,136		$684,136
1992	Providence Public Library	Providence	$303,856		$146,420	$146,420
1994	George Hail Free Library	Warren	$20,000		$10,000	$10,000
1994	Harmony Public Library	Glocester	$225,000		$112,500	$112,500
1994	Providence Public Library	Providence	$99,328		$49,664	$49,664
1995	Providence Public Library	Providence	$261,342		$86,362	$86,362
2000	Cranston Central Library (1994*)	Cranston	$930,213	$459,836		$459,836
2001	Cumberland Public Library (2000*)	Cumberland	$5,488,853	$2,200,000	$65,380	$2,265,380
2001	Warwick Public Library (1998*)	Warwick	$6,545,000	$2,250,000	$75,000	$2,325,000
2002	Newport Public Library	Newport	$7,243,200	$3,270,000		$3,270,000
2003	Island Free Library	New Shoreham	$1,791,991	$797,995		$797,995
2003	Portsmouth Free Public Library	Portsmouth	$718,785	$338,149		$338,149