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Library director says library can support tricentennial with programs, promotion and a revived Strawberry Social
Summary
Southborough Library Director Ryan Renovin told the tricentennial committee the library can support the 2027 celebration with vendor-led programs, its exhibit and communications channels, but that major construction on the library site is unlikely for fiscal 2027.
Library Director Ryan Renovin told the Town of Southborough tricentennial committee on Jan. 15 that the library can support the town’s 2027 tricentennial with programming, exhibit loans and promotion but that the library’s planning cycle and staffing limit how far ahead it can commit.
Renovin said the library plans public programs about six months in advance and that a part‑time staff member who operates the library’s laser cutter and makerspace tools is not expected back until March. “We do public programming about 6 months in advance,” Renovin said, and the staff member will “teach our youth services librarian and I how to do it.”
The library has experimented with historical and hands‑on programming that committee members suggested could be tied to the tricentennial. Renovin described a past “Strawberry Social” that the library paired with a friends group book sale: “we had…
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