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Lebanon Community Library requests $38,000 from city after reporting $1.14 million in 2024 community use
Summary
Michelle Hawk, executive director of the Lebanon Community Library, told council the library served nearly 12,000 cardholders and that Lebanon residents borrowed almost 55,000 items in 2024; she asked the city to increase its annual contribution from $37,000 to $38,000.
Michelle Hawk, executive director of the Lebanon Community Library, told the Lebanon City Council that the library had almost 12,000 active Lebanon City cardholders and that residents borrowed nearly 55,000 materials in 2024, representing an estimated community value of $1,140,000, and asked the council to increase the city’s annual contribution to $38,000 from $37,000.
The request, presented during the council’s community updates, was framed by Hawk as a return-on-investment argument: “I hope that you think that’s a good return on your…
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