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Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners. The Luck, Wisconsin Public Library and Historical Museum Working Together Chuck Adleman, Jill Glover. Luck, Wisconsin. 70 miles from Twin Cities Population 1200. Luck. Population stable at 1000 for 50 years. Road Side Marker on Hwy 35 1885 First Co-op Creamery.

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Lucky Partners

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  1. Lucky Partners The Luck, Wisconsin Public Library and Historical Museum Working Together Chuck Adleman, Jill Glover

  2. Luck, Wisconsin 70 miles from Twin Cities Population 1200

  3. Luck Population stable at 1000 for 50 years Road Side Marker on Hwy 35 1885 First Co-op Creamery

  4. Lake Country

  5. 1850's Rest StopIn "Luck" to get 1/2 way

  6. Luck Grows and Changes • Indian cession treaties open land for 1837 settlement • Logging era rest stop 1850s • Danish immigration brings dairy farming 1870s-1880s • Soo Line R.R. reaches Luck in 1902 • Duncan Yo-Yo “capital” from 1946-1965 • Family dairy farms give way to large farms • Recreation industry gathers importance • Wood products industry a main stay • Luck becomes tied to Twin Cities metropolitan area

  7. Incorporated 1905

  8. Luck Today (pop 1100)

  9. The Small Old Library

  10. Planning Begins in 2000 • First interest in new library and museum building • Luck Historical Society formed • Site on Main Street chosen and purchased • Dormant period, brown site pollution mitigated • Steering committee of interested citizens formed 2006 1. Chairman chosen 2. Firm consensus that a new Public Library critical 3. General agreement that library and museum should be housed together in single building 4. Committees assigned 5. Fund raiser chosen 6. Committees assigned 7. Fund raising begins

  11. Fund Raising Continues, Building Designed and Constructed, 2006-2008 • Cedar Corporation chosen for design, engineering and oversight • Final design of building approved in 2007 • Construction summer of 2007 to fall 2008 • Mortgage (bridge loan from village) burned in fall of 2010

  12. Building Plan

  13. The Finished Building Design • Library space (main floor, meeting room, break room and office) - 47% • Museum (and work/storage) - 35% • Public areas (lavatories, lobby) – 17% • Mechanical – 1%

  14. Ground Breaking 2007

  15. Construction Begins 2007

  16. Construction through the cold winter

  17. Putting on the Lid

  18. Completed Building, 2008

  19. Other Things to Consider • The lot and building are owned by the village of Luck but were built with private donations • The public library is operated with local, county and state tax dollars • The Museum is self supporting through grants, donations and museum sales • Building decisions are made by a committee of the Luck Public Works Director and representatives of the Library and Historical Society Boards

  20. Benefits of living together • Synergy of sharing space and ideas • Better drawing power for both • Cost savings by sharing space and equipment • Able to plan and offer better and more varied programs and activities • Large group programs possible with flexible space in the museum

  21. Successful Things We have Done Together • Partner to show classic free movies • Cooperatively sponsored Civil War speakers • Offer shared seasonal events eg. Lucky Days, Winter Carnival, visit from Santa, etc. • Shared space for adult exercise classes • Provide space for census training • Make space available for community meetings (non political) • Provide location for Luck Senior Class Art Show • Give programs for school and community field trips

  22. Working TogetherSanta comes to Luck

  23. Spring High School Art Show

  24. Polk County Genealogical Society Partners with Library/Museum • Library has ancestry.com and other genealogical resources online free • Monday afternoons museum is staffed by Genealogists • Many programs are co-sponsored by museum and genealogy group Danish immigrant history talk

  25. Indianhead Gem and Mineral Society Supported Geology Exhibit

  26. Large Group Meetings in the MuseumSound system, Video projector Monthly Program

  27. Key Elements of Success • Strong rapport established during building project • Friendly, cooperative staffs • Broad community support • Gathering point for the community • Central Main Street location • Open six days a week with predictable schedule • Facilities available for community activities • Provides only public rest rooms on Main Street • Free WI-FI hotspot • Ability to accept the fact that things won’t always go exactly the way you might like

  28. Possible Pitfalls When LivingTogether • Don’t expect the library staff to watch the museum • Importance of keeping library and museum budgets completely separate • Difficulty of determining a fair and equitable division building operating costs • Carefully planned billing procedure • Coordination of schedules • Mechanism for making joint building decisions • What if one partner defaults?

  29. Future • August 30, 2012 $90,670 grant for Family Heritage, multipurpose shared addition • Storage • Questions? • Websites: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wilahs/index.html • http://luckpubliclibrary.org/

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