Program

Challenge Programs: Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants

Period of Performance

5/1/2020 - 4/30/2024

Funding Totals (matching)

$500,000.00 (approved)
$500,000.00 (offered)
$500,000.00 (awarded)


Improving access and preservation through renovation and expansion of the PCCLD Special Collections.

FAIN: CHA-268859-21

Pueblo Library District (Pueblo, CO 81004-4232)
Maria Tucker (Project Director: May 2019 to January 2020)
Jon Walker (Project Director: January 2020 to present)

Renovation and expansion of the library’s special collections department, to include an enlarged storage vault with updated climate control and fire suppression systems, an expanded staff workroom for collections processing and digitizing, and workspace for researchers.

The Pueblo City-County Library District (PCCLD) is requesting a Challenge Grant to support the renovation and expansion of the PCCLD Special Collections Department in order to improve preservation and access of historically significant humanities collections.





Associated Products

Nick Potts (Building)
Name: Nick Potts
Abstract: Attached is the project plan, adopted by the Pueblo City-County Library District, as the renovation plan for the Rawlings Library.
Director: Jon Walker
Year: 2021
Address: 100 E. Abriendo Ave., Pueblo, CO 81005
Primary URL: https://www.pueblolibrary.org/sites/default/files/pdf/boardpackets/2021-06-15_rawlings_library_reno.pdf
Primary URL Description: Linked above is the project plan, adopted by the Pueblo City-County Library District, as the renovation plan for the Rawlings Library.