By Al Stilley
Editor
Greenwood Public Library opened its doors for a special event, “Come for the Cake, Stay for the Books,” that also featured tours of the library with recent interior renovations and improvements. The after-hours event took place Oct. 6.
The library staff wanted the community to celebrate the way books bring a community together. Among the new features, especially on the second floor, are 11 private study rooms (more than double the number before renovation), various new meeting rooms, a special room for adult-child, foster care, and therapy.
Also, new study booths and tables add to the comfort of patrons with a computer or a book. The library is at 310 S. Meridian St. between a re-envisioned Old City Park and a multi-million dollar mixed-use development.
Editor
Greenwood Public Library opened its doors for a special event, “Come for the Cake, Stay for the Books,” that also featured tours of the library with recent interior renovations and improvements. The after-hours event took place Oct. 6.
The library staff wanted the community to celebrate the way books bring a community together. Among the new features, especially on the second floor, are 11 private study rooms (more than double the number before renovation), various new meeting rooms, a special room for adult-child, foster care, and therapy.
Also, new study booths and tables add to the comfort of patrons with a computer or a book. The library is at 310 S. Meridian St. between a re-envisioned Old City Park and a multi-million dollar mixed-use development.
In private family-style room at the Greenwood Public Library are, from left, Don Dhapiro, Jane Higgins, Judi Cudowski, and tour guide Julia Reynolds, GPL community relations specialist. Greenwood Public Library.
(SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY AL STILLEY)
(SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY AL STILLEY)
Greenwood’s Jeffrey Elsey utilizes one of the new comfy booths that can be used for study or correspondence with computers with plug-ins or just for comfortable reading.
Guided tours also included the colorful and spacious children’s library on the first floor as GPL executive director Cheryl Dobbs fills in patrons about the facilities for youngsters.
In the large meeting room on the first floor, Greenwood Library Foundation board members, from left, Lacy Halterman, Amy Camp, and Jodi Stein served cake to visitors during the Oct. 6 “Come for the Cake, Stay for the Books” event that also served as an open house.
