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The latest updates from PPL

RI Tableau User Group Kicks Off at PPL
RITUG

Providence Public Library (PPL) proudly kicked off the Rhode Island Tableau User Group (RITUG), a new initiative to support the growing community of Tableau (Data …

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Providence Public Library Announces Receipt of $500,000 Champlin Foundation Grant

Grant will support Library’s once-in-a-generation $25 million THINK AGAIN Capital Campaign for its building project to transform the interior and exterior of its 1950s-era Empire …

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Providence Public Library and Trinity Repertory Company Team Up to Present Context & Conversation
Adult Conversation

New Program Series Strives to Cultivate Participatory Public Conversations Inspired by Ideas and Themes in Stage Works Neighbors at the corner of Empire and Washington …

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Providence Public Library Goes Fine Free for Children and Teen Materials

Over a third of PPL’s 1,500 young patrons have fines above the $5 limit; with this new fine-free policy, library cardholders will no longer be …

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PPL Officially Kicks Off THINK AGAIN Building Renovation with Groundbreaking Event

Providence Public Library (PPL) trustees, staff, project partners and funders, supporters, and friends celebrated the official start of the Library’s $25 million renovation project, taking …

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Providence Public Library Announces New Markets Tax Credits and C-PACE Financing of its $25 Million Building Project
Think Again: Building Transformation - rendering of the workshop

Library’s facilities and workforce development programs will be expanded through the renovation Providence Public Library (PPL) announced today that it has received $4.2 million in …

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