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Cottage Grove library board outlines expanded year-round programming, discusses costs for teen gaming and outreach
Summary
At its July 16 meeting the Cottage Grove Library Board approved minutes, reviewed fall and year-round programming plans including weekly story times and playground playdates, accepted a $1,000 STEAM-related grant announcement, and debated costs and logistics for a recurring Dungeons & Dragons program and outreach marketing.
The Cottage Grove Library Board on July 16 approved minutes from its June 18 meeting and spent most of its session reviewing an expanded fall and year‑round programming schedule and operational details for outreach events.
Monica, library staff (programming), told the board the library will continue Thursday morning story times year‑round from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Bakken Park and will run playground “play dates” on Tuesdays from about 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. at Glen Grove, moving indoors to the community room when weather requires. She said the library’s summer story time kickoff drew “35 individuals in attendance” and included multi‑age activities and sensory craft stations.
The programming plan also calls for monthly tween/teen offerings, STEAM activities on Tuesday afternoons in August, a “write your own national park story” event on July 21, ongoing plans for Sensory Santa in mid‑December (tentatively Dec. 13 or 14), and an all‑community read the board expects to…
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