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Bethel Park Public Library seeks state subsidy increase, announces July art and music festival and other events
Summary
Library director Christine updated council on recent and upcoming library events, reported attendance and asked residents to contact state legislators to support a proposed $6.2 million increase in Pennsylvania's public library subsidy.
Christine, director of the Bethel Park Public Library, briefed council on April 14 about recent library programming, upcoming events and a request for state funding.
She thanked the Friends of the Library for a recent designer-bag bingo that drew 230 attendees. The library is accepting applications for the July 26 Bethel Park Art and Music Festival (10 a.m.–6 p.m. on Park Avenue) and limited artist-market and information-booth slots are available; applications are posted on the library website and available at the front desk.
Christine also described a statewide advocacy ask: Pennsylvania libraries are collectively seeking a $6,200,000 increase in the public library subsidy in the state budget, which Christine said equals roughly a $1.55 increase per library cardholder. She asked residents to contact state Representative Natalie Mihalek and state Senator Devlin Robinson to urge support for the subsidy increase; she said phone calls are preferred but email and letters are also effective.
Separately, council members noted a recent popular library program—a lawn-care presentation on April 9 sponsored by Evee's True Value Hardware—that was broadcast on borough television and later posted to YouTube, with council members citing several hundred viewers for the broadcast.
No formal council action was taken on the library's subsidy request; the director asked residents to contact state legislators directly.
