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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THIS IS SUCH A
SPECIAL DAY. VIVIAN WAS SUCH A SPECIAL, SPECIAL PERSON AND THE LIBRARY WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HER.
WHEN VIVIAN STARTED THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY THE POPULATION OF FRISCO WAS 6,500 PEOPLE. AND I
JUST ASKED MYRA WHAT THE CAPACITY OF THIS BUILDING IS AND IT'S 7,500 PEOPLE. SO TO MEMORIALIZE VIVIAN
MCCALLUM ON THE TERRACE HERE AT THE FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY IS JUST A GREAT STORY. WHEN SHE FOUND OUT
THAT THERE WAS NO LIBRARY HERE SHE THOUGHT WELL WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO HAVE THESE
BOOKS AND SO THAT'S WHY SHE STARTED IT. SHE REALLY DID WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THIS PLACE IS
SPECIAL AND VIVIAN MCCALLUM MADE IT HAPPEN WITH THAT ONE MOMENT WHERE SHE SAID I WANT TO BUILD
A LIBRARY AND SHE DOES AND SHE JUST OPENS UP HER HOUSE TO IT DOES A SUMMER READING PROGRAM IN 1991
AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT WE'RE HERE. VIVIAN'S LEGACY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE
FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY IN FACT OUR FIRST SPACE THAT SHE RENTED TO THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR A $1. AND
THIS LOVELY LOVELY TERRORIST IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. TO SAY THE LEAST IT IS HEARTWARMING FOR ME AND
FOR OUR ENTIRE FAMILY. SHE JUST WAS JUST THE INSPIRATIONAL PERSON SHE LOVED FAMILY SHE LOVED
FRIENDS AND SHE LOVED HER CITY. IT'S SO EXCITING. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE A PART OF IT AND
I GOT A LITTLE TEARY-EYED BUT IT'S ALL GOOD AND WE'RE SO PROUD THAT SHE THAT SHE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO
SEE IT AND TO DO IT. I THINK THINK WE'VE DESIGNED A SPACE THAT'S VERY INVITING TO THE COMMUNITY. AND
TO HAVE ANY PART OF THIS FABULOUS LIBRARY IS JUST SUCH AN HONOR. THE PHYSICAL ENORMITY OF IT IS SHE
WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZED AND SO VERY PLEASED. AND TO SEE THEIR MOM'S LEGACY LIVING ON AND RIGHT
BEHIND ME YOU SEE THE BRONZE PLAQUE THAT WILL OUT LIVE ALL OF US. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE VISION
AND SHE JUST LED THE WAY WAS A TRAILBLAZER TO GROW OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY INTO WHAT IT IS
TODAY. VIVIAN MCCALLUM IS TRULEY A GIFT TO FRISCO.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.