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L.E. Phillips Family Foundation donates $1.5 million to Eau Claire library of same name January 22, 2021 11:32 AM Site staff EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) — The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation has gifted $1.5 million to the Story Builder campaign to benefit the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in downtown Eau Claire, the library announced Friday. The library board accepted the donation Thursday, making a huge dent in its fundraising goals for the renovation of the libr...

EAU CLAIRE — While leaders of the community campaign to raise money for the expansion and renovation of Eau Claire’s public library are pleased to be nearly 60% of the way toward their goal, they also recognize time is running out. The Story Builder campaign is seeking about $3 million more in donations for the planned $18.5 million project at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library before bids are scheduled to go out in March and construction is set to begin in May. “Seeing the ge...