{"id":1107,"date":"2021-03-09T20:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T02:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phplboard.org\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2021-03-14T23:07:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T04:07:03","slug":"strategic-plan-2020-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phplboard.org\/?p=1107","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Plan (2020-2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission Statement: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large is-cursive-script is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The mission of the Palos Heights Public Library is to enrich our community by being a place where knowledge, information, culture and creativity thrive and people and ideas meet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goal I: Bridge the gap between what the library does and what the community thinks the library does<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Objective A: Enhance 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