Dearborn cuts ribbon on new welcome center

metromode, 10/8/2009

Dearborn's new welcome center is ready to greet some people now that the ribbon on it has been cut.

The city and Dearborn Chamber of Commerce facilitated the renovation of the Bryant Library earlier this year. It will house the library, chamber of commerce, and the new welcome center at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Mason Street. The price tag - $175,000 – was funded by a state Cool Cities grant.

"With so much going on in Dearborn, this Welcome Center is long overdue," Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. said in a statement.

The ground floor of the branch will house the welcome center, community conference room, and chamber of commerce. The library will operate on the second floor.

The newly renovated first floor of the circa-1924 building had been vacant and generally unused for years.

Source: City of Dearborn
Writer: Jon Zemke

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