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Important Library Plaza Construction Update
The Michael Towbes Library Plaza is underway and has been a success with your support! While we are almost there, we will have to delay the fall opening due to unforeseen construction delays.

“If anyone would understand a construction delay, it would be Mike Towbes.” - Carrie Towbes

This project holds great significance for many of us and has been years in the making. We want to ensure that we can host a truly memorable celebration for the community that has made this effort possible. With this in mind, we have decided to aim for a Spring 2024 opening. This will allow us to avoid potential weather challenges and conflicts with holiday festivities, providing a more favorable environment for the event.

We are sure you can understand the uncertainty of construction and the limited control we have over delays. While the Plaza Opening is not arriving as quickly as we'd like, it is moving forward with major milestones behind us. We appreciate your patience and understanding and invite you to take a look at how far we've come. We can’t wait to celebrate the Library Plaza with you when it is completed!
Before construction began, chain-link fences surrounded an uninviting and inaccessble space in the heart of the Downtown Cultural Arts District.
The Michael Towbes Library Plaza Campaign reached its goal in early 2022 and the renovation was unanimously approved by City Council.
A groundbreaking ceremony and celebration took place in May of 2022 and construction officially began that July.
In December of 2022, Major Donors received a hard hat tour of the Michael Towbes Library Plaza, and City funded ADA elevator and lower staff area projects.
 Construction crews began laying the pavers, including the path to the Anapamu Entrance in May of 2023.
In August 2023, donors to the Woodward Grove gathered under the oak trees for a celebration of the life of Taylor Woodward.
Memorial olive trees were moved carefully into their new homes on the Upper Plaza this summer. (Click the photo to watch a video of the olive trees being planted.)
We can't wait to celebrate with you in 2024!

Thank You Michael Towbes Library Plaza Donors

Leadership Gifts ($100,000+) 
City of Santa Barbara
Mercedes Millington and Jack C. Mithun
Manitou Fund and Nora McNeely Hurley and Michael Hurley
- In Memory of Marjorie Reeds McNeely
Emily and Dan Engel*  
Chana and Jim Jackson

Michael Towbes Library Plaza ($100,000 +)
Anne Smith Towbes
Carrie Towbes and John Lewis
The Ann Jackson Family Foundation 
Meg and Dan Burnham 
Zora and Les Charles
Ginni Dreier
Stina Hans
Hutton Parker Foundation 
Montecito Bank & Trust 
Mosher Foundation 
Alicia Miñana and Rob Lovelace
Zegar Family Foundation 

Woodward Grove Donor Wall ($10,000+)   
Melora and Andrew Balson
Susan Bogue Myslik
Zora and Les Charles
Kirby-Jones Foundation
Kath Lavidge and Ed McKinley   
Susan and Claude Case
Sarah and Peter de Tagyos    
Christie and John Glanville
Jackie Inskeep
Anne, John, and Seth Woodward
Friends of Barbara Hauter Woodward
Barbara Hauter Woodward

Major Gifts ($25,000- $50,000)
Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation 
Anna and Nathan Alldredge
Dylanian II Charitable Fund
Friends of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
GA Fowler Family Foundation
Anna and David Grotenhuis
Perri Harcourt
Mandy and Daniel Hochman
Anne and Randall Howard
Herbert and Elaine Kendall Charitable Foundation
Santa Barbara Beautiful
Santa Barbara Foundation
Volentine Foundation
Walter J & Holly O Thomson Charitable Foundation 
Leslie and Bob Zemeckis

Major Gifts ($10,000- $24,999)
Tracy and Michael Bollag
Carol and Alan Brumberger
B&B Foundation            
Marni and Michael Cooney
Marcia and Jamie Constance
Deep Space Sparkle
Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library
Eric Friedman and Julie Nguyen-Friedman
Janet Garufis
Susan and Gary Gulbransen
Milt and Cecia Hess
The La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation
Linda Lorenzen
Siri and Bob Marshall 
Dr. Bruce and Kay McFadden
Carolyn and Arthur Merovick
Natalie Orfalea Foundation
Michele Neely Saltoun
Outhwaite Foundation
Stephanie and Tres Riordan
Keith Rivera
Ellen Robinson
John and Mary Romo
Peter Schuyler and Lisa Stratton
Schlinger Family Foundation
Colleen and Jim Sterne
Diane Sullivan  
Geofrey and Laura Wyatt
Joan and Steve Young

Community Gifts ($5,000-$9,999)
Jane and Kenneth Anderson    
Gwen and Henry Baker   
Joan Davidson 
Robert and Christine Emmons  
Brooks and Kate Firestone
Audrey Hillman Fisher
Dr. Cami Ferris-Wong    
Judith Little        
Roy Martinez and Toni McDonald
Gretchen and Marshall Milligan    
Rosemary and Nicholas Mutton    
Chapin Nolen    
Maryan Schall
Marianne Sprague  
Lynda Weinman    
 
Community Gifts to the Woodward Grove ($5,000-$9,999)
Charlotte and David Ackert
 
Community Gifts (Up to $5,000)
Arcadia Studios
Mara Abboud
Sue Adams
Patricia Aoyama and Chris Kleveland
Mark Asman and William Wood
Marsha and Stephen Barr
Carol and Bob Bason
June Belletto de Pujo
Steve and Marianne Blitsch
Mitsy Bordofsky
Elizabeth Bowman
David J Broad
Lynn and Chris Brown
Mary L Brown
Mary and Jeremy Carroll
Valerie Cavanaugh and William Kerstetter
Joanie Chackel
Eloise and Chuck Cohen
Susan Patty Cronin
Thomas and Joan Davenport
Dena Davis
Florence C. Dillon
Leslie Dinaberg
Diane and Ralph Engel
Steve Fort
Richard Flacks
Dianne Flanigan
Karen Feeney
Pat and Bob Fulmer
Richard and Irene Fulton
John C Gough
Thuy Greer
Karin Grundy
Sharon Hoshida
Heidi Jones
Temmo Korisheli
Jill and Neil Levinson
Puck and Jim Lohnas
Edward MacAllister
Irene Macias
Elaine, Mike & Ethan Best
John P. Margolis, AIA
Brooke McDermott
John Mosby
Gary O’Hea
Jann Olsen
Claire and Gerald Parent
James and Colette Phillippi
Josh and Alix Rabinowitz
Janice Rivera
Karen M Rivera
Marge Romano
Tim Romano
Justine Roddick
Nancy Schlosser   
Leslie Meadowcoft Schipper and Frank Schipper
Jennifer and Jeremy Stein
Wayne Stelly
Sandra Stingle
Martha and Tim Townsend
Joanne Vasquez
Watling Foundation
John Wilhelm
William P. Neil Foundation
Douglas Lee Wilson
Lisa and David Wolf
Helen Sun Wong
Gina and Alex R Zeigler
 
Community Gifts to the Woodward Grove  (Up to $5,000)
Anonymous
Nan and John Bedford
Lalla and Rinaldo Brutoco
Valerie Cavanaugh and William Kerstetter
Kate Edwardson
Norris and Barry Goss
Barbara L. Hoyt and Pierce B. Dunn
Theodora and Roger Lenard
DeDe and Don Parrett
Robin Riblet
Susan and Tom Richards   
Sandy Schoolfield and Jon Kechejian
Donna and Mutsuo Shinoda
Sally and Jay Smith
Raissa Smorol
Sally and Peter Tannenbaum
Holiday and Richard Vaill
Patricia Watkins
Judy Weirick
Kathy and Bob Wenger
Parmele and Frank Williams
 

Michael Towbes Library Plaza Brick Donors

Ronald P Abeles
Royce Adams
Patricia and Doug Aiken
Seraphim Albrecht and Geoff Green
Joe Allen
Maria Angeles-Hoernicke and Falko Hoernicke
Claudia Arnett
Mary Ballard
Margo Barbakow
Celeste Barber
Kathleen Barnato
Marsha Barr
Kristin Bassett
Brenda Bernu-Reheem
Peter and Linda Beuret
Leslie and Ashish Bhutani
Mindy Bingham and Jim Comiskey
Jill and John Bishop Jr
Diane Bloodgood
Gail Bogle
Lucille Boss
Rita Boss and Mario Garcia
Susan Bracco Gleason
Wendy L Branch
Aaron Bright
Shirley Cabeen
Jessica Cadiente
Otis Calef
Trudi Carey
Susan and Claude Case
Louise Casey
Angela and Glen Charles
Rabbi Stephen and Marian Cohen
Haley Conklin
Marcia and Jamie Constance
Mark and Amanda Craig
Randall Craig Bassett
Kim Crail
Shannon Crane
Gail Crivello
Margaret and Robert Crocco
Dr. Rosana da Cunha Ceniceros
Nancy D'Amato
Jean and Dave Davis
Megan Nicole De Tomaso
Kathy and Tom Dunlap
Rob and Susan Dunton
Dianne and Robert Duva
Willliam Edelstein MD
Suzanne and Dennis Elledge
Gail Elnicky
Cindy and Michael Elster
Susan F. Petrovich
Suzy Farbman
Ellen Fenger
Hannah Ferrer
Dr. Cami Ferris Wong
Jeffrey P. Folks
Veronica Flores and Benjamin Howard
Ann Frank
Janet Garufis
Georger Charles Gelles 
Inge Gatz and Steven Gilbar
Brett Gewirtzman
Nancy Gifford
Peter Ginsberg
Paul Gloster
Dannae Godinez
Nancy Goldsholl
Judy Gough
Rob Grant Pearson and Jon Glasoe
Perri Harrcourt
G.K. and Vikki Hart
Nancy Harter
Susan Haynes Grant
Lily Hays
Lee Ellen Heller
Milton Hess
Anne and Randall Howard
Barbara and Joe Howell
Chana and Jim Jackson
Jane Jelenko
Ruth Johnson
Leslie and Russ Jones
Peter and Gerd Jordano
Lois Jane Kaplan
Aimee Kielborn
Carolyn Kimball Holmquist
Dr. Victoria Kline
Dr. George Konstantinow
Neil Kreisel
Janet and John Kruger
Nancy and Jeffrey Kupperman
Silvia and Christopher Kuzen
Kim la Grant Hunter
Miguel Lagunas
Nancy Law
Evelyn S Lee
Graeme Lee-Wingate
Jessika Leonard
Marc A Levine
Chi Levit Truong
Carol Licker
Dawn Ligon
Lauren Lochtefeld
Linda Lorenzen
Linda Love
Irene Macias
Emma Malina
Barbara Margerum
Phyllis Margolis
Kenneth E Marshall
Jon Martin
Penny Mast McCall and Wayne McCall
Brooke McDermott
Tina McEnroe
Amanda McIntyre
Marla McNally Phillips
Linda Joan McNeel
Amanda Meller
Jennifer Meredith-Dodd
Carolyn and Art Merovick
Megan and Steve Miley
Nicholas Miller
Meg Miller
Brian Miller
Sara Miller McCune
Mercedes Millington and Jack C. Mithun 
Dawn Mitcham
Cathy Mollkoy
Marcus Morales
Helga Morris
Gail Morris Shaughnessy
Mimi and Dennis Muraoka
Joan R and William W Murdoch
Dr. Ilene H. Nagel
Carol Newman
Christine Newman Garvey
Ray Olmstead
Bonnie Orr
Susan Parker
Kendall Pata and Anders Bergstrom
Elberta Pate
Eric G. Phillips
Andrea Pighetti
Linda Louise Proud
Michael E Purdy
Michelle Radeke
Joanne and Brian Rapp
Patricia Reilly Stark
Robert and Maria Rendon-Giaimo
Diana Rienstra 
Marsha Lee Roberson
Christina Robertson Campbell
Andrea Robles
Joe Romero
Sybil Rosen
Randy Rowse
Joan Rutkowski
Mrs. and Mr. Richard Sanders
Ben Sarmiento
SB Bookies
Lynn Scarlett
Maryan Schall
Frank Schipper and Leslie Meadowcroft Schipper 
Frank Schmidt
Dawn Schmidt
Joanne Schoenfeld and Stuart Orentein
Dale and J L Seborg
Gabriela Severt
Starr Siegele and Larry Feinberg
Kerry Slattery
Elizabeth and Kenny Slaught
Jen Slemp
Stephanie and Chuck Slosser
Michael Smith
Jennifer Smith
Karla Smith
Ellie Starfas
Cheri and William Steinkellner
Colleen and Jim Sterne
Christopher Anthony Stocking
Andrew Stoker
Pauline and Mac Sylvain
Katie Szopa
Xochitl Tafoya
Nora and Barry Taugher
Karen Telleen-Lawton
Jody Thomas
Mary Tonetti Dorra
Anne S. Towbes
Martha and Tim Townsend
Melis Tusiray
James D Twomey
Holiday and Rick Vaill
Shelley Van Zant
Sally Warner-Arnett
Alexis and Mike Weaver
Judi Weisbart
Judith Weisman
Kathy and Bob Wenger
Mark Westerhoff
Molly Wetta
Catherine Whaley
Sheryl Wheeler
Eileen White Read and Charles C. Read   
Mackenzie and Ian Wildman
Ronald Williams
Cynthia Esther Withers
Harvey Wolf
Howell D Wood
Barbara Hauter Woodward
Caroline and Don Young
Don Lawrence Zaccagnino
Jennifer and Kris Zacharias
Gina and Alex Ziegler

Michael Towbes Library Plaza Nonprofit Supporters (*Brick Donors)

AHA! Attitude. Harmony. Achievement
Alpha Resource Center*
Breast Cancer Resource Center
California Missions Foundation*
CASA of Ventura County*
CAMA - Community Arts Music Association*
CALM*
CommUnify
Congregation B'nai B'rith*
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse*
Crane Country Day School*
Domestic Violence Solutions*
Easy Lift Transportation*
Elings Park Foundation
Elverhøj Museum of History and Art 
Explore Ecology*
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County*
Food From the Heart*
Fielding Graduate University*
Friends of the Eastside Library*
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Girls Inc Santa Babrara*
The Granada Theatre*
Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County*
Hillside House*
Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara County, Inc.
Isla Vista Youth Projects
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara 
Kiwanis Club of Santa Barbara*
Lobero Theatre
Marjorie Luke Theatre
Momentum WORK Inc.
MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
Music Academy of the West*
NAWBO Santa Barbara (or National Association of Women Business Owners - Santa Barbara Chapter)
Old Mission Santa Barbara*
Organic Soup Kitchen* 
Pacific Pride Foundation*
Planned Parenthood*
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute*
Santa Barbara City College Foundation*
Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society
Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels
Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library*
 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara Police Activities League*
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission *
Santa Barbara Symphony*
SEE International*
Solvang Senior Center* 
Storyteller Children's Center 
Transition House*
United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County 
Women’s Economic Ventures*
Campaign Cabinet
Janet Garufis Campaign Co-chair Jim Jackson Campaign Co-chair

Anna Alldredge, Mark Asman, Bob Bason, Jessica Cadiente, Susan Case, Zora Charles, Marni Cooney, Emily Engel. Christie Glanville, Anna Grotenhuis, Anne Howard, Roy Martinez, Anne Towbes, Martha Townsend, Leslie Zemeckis

Communication & Cultivation Committee
Chair- Anna Alldredge

Laura Capps, Erik Davis, Hannah-Beth Jackson, Gwyn Lurie-Firestein, Kendall Pata

Major Gifts Committee
Chair- Anna Alldredge

Marni Cooney, Emily Engel, Roy Martinez, David McFadden, Martha Townsend

Community Gifts Committee
Chairs- Boyd Bailey and Jennifer Zacharias

Ashleigh Davis, Leslie Dinaberg, Peter Ginsgberg, Geneva Ives, Kelly Martin, Hannah Rael, Stephanie Riordan, Willie Simpson, Sheridan Tephorn

Library Plaza Honorary Committee
Peter MacDougall- Honorary Committee Co-chair
Anne Towbes- Honorary Committee Co-chair

Carol and Bob Bason, Sharon and David Bradford, Laura Capps, Lois Capps, Susan and Claude Case, Zora and Les Charles, Hal Conklin, Jelinda and Barry DeVorzon, Christine and Robert Emmons, Christie and John Glanville, Anna Grotenhuis, Susan and Gary Gulbransen, Judith Hopkinson, Joan and Palmer Jackson, Peter and Gerd Jordano, Herbert Kendall, Jill and Neil Levinson, Kandy Luria-Budgor, Patty and John MacFarlane, Irene Macias, Mercedes Millington and Jack C. Mithun, Natalie Orfalea, Joanne and Brian Rapp, Mary and John Romo, Ken and Jo Saxon, Maryan Schall, Elizabeth and Kenny Slaught, Diane Sullivan, Lynne Tahmisian, Carrie Towbes, Maureen White , Barbara Hauter Woodward, John C. Woodward

Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation Board
Jim Jackson, President, Anna Alldredge, Vice President, Brooke McDermott, Treasurer, Jim Sterne, Secretary, Alan Brumberger, Susan Case, Irene Kelly, Peter Ginsberg, Roy Martinez, David McFadden, Art Merovick, Stephanie Riordan, Raissa Smorol.
 
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