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Apache Junction library director details summer programs, facility upgrades and conceptual garden plan
Summary
Library Director Pam Harrison told the Library Board of Trustees on May 8 about summer reading schedules, ongoing facility work including an electrical upgrade that will close the building for two days, upcoming fire-alarm and lighting projects, and a conceptual 5,000-square-foot reading garden with an open house and online input opportunities.
Pam Harrison, library director, briefed the Apache Junction Library Board of Trustees on May 8 about the library’s summer programs, several facility upgrades and a conceptual design for a new reading garden.
The report matters because planned closures and renovations will affect public hours and programming during the summer reading season, and the garden project will shape the library’s outdoor programming and public use if it proceeds to construction.
Harrison said program attendance and outreach remain strong despite a malfunctioning gate-count device that left April’s patron-visit numbers undercounted. “Our programs were still really strong, still doing about a 120, programs inside the library and 70 plus outside the library for our outreach,” she said. The library’s flute festival accounted for unusually high March attendance; festival organizers estimated the crowd at about 1,200 people, Harrison said.
Staff members Megan Carbiner, Stephanie Opplinger and Megan Sparks presented material the library…
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