Celebrating 50 years in community: Jacksonville’s Murray Hill Library is renamed in Honor of Bill Brinton
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“Practically on the eve of its 50th anniversary, the Murray Hill Library will be renamed the Bill Brinton Murray Hill Branch Library in honor of the late William Brinton, an Avondale attorney who spearheaded an effort in 2014 to create an independent library district and was the founder of three Friends of the Library organizations for the Murray Hill, Brentwood and Dallas Graham branches.
The legislation renaming the neighborhood library is just one of many honors Brinton achieved in his lifetime as a preeminent expert on the subject of City Charter amendments regarding billboards, City Council term limits, and the preservation of and/or mitigation for the removal of protected trees during development projects. A shareholder with the Rogers Towers law firm, Brinton passed away June 19, 2017 after a six-month battle with lung cancer.
‘Bill did so much to promote our Friends of the Murray Hill Library and advocate for public libraries. His father Harry Brinton’s name is on the faceplate on the front of our Murray Hill Library since he was Library Director when the library was built in 1968, but his son Bill Brinton’s name will always remain in our hearts for his continuing work to support it,’ said Judy Klein, a member of the Friends of the Murray Hill Library board of directors…”
— Editor, Resident Community News Group
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